Ruddy cheeked, white bearded and red cloaked…Who could mistake Santa Claus?
Like many mythical figures his appearance has evolved with time.
He is one of the modern images of Christmas; steeped in emotion for the young: Santa the gift bearer: jovial and portly, otherwise known as ‘Father Christmas,’ who laughs ‘Ho, Ho!’ and is drawn magically by reindeer through the night sky on Christmas Eve in a toy-laden sleigh.

Our issue illustrates the changing image of Father Christmas through the generations

• Just for Christmas our local rate postage is reduced to 30p and the ‘self-stick stamps’ are always popular.
(Rate effective from the 1st to the 20th of December 2009)
We are making the IOM and UK values available in the form of ‘retail sheets’ and as a set of two stamps.

• 'Standing order' customers please note: the retail sheets are not a ‘standing order’ item, so will not be sent to you automatically