A British mother says her Christmas was ruined by one very unlikely scrooge: Santa Claus.

Sign number million that you are no longer an angry young man: someone in your office suggests that you dress up as Santa Claus at Christmastime. Clearly, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter has always had a broad face and a little round belly that shakes, when he laughs, like a bowlful of jelly. Slap a wig over the traditional winged hairdo and paste on a fake beard, and he's ready to add Bono to his nice list and President George W. Bush to his naughty list! Ho ho ho!