Santa told to slim down sleigh in festive efficiency crackdown

Cost of feeding Santa soars by nearly 40% in a Decade

THE cost of feeding Santta on Christmas Eve has risen by almost 40% over the last ten years.  Experts at Ailsa analysed how much it costs to leave a pint of milk, a mince pie, and a carrot out for Santa and Rudolph on Christmas Eve.   Using supermarket data, they calculated the average cost of each item: a pint of milk is 85p, a pack of mince pies is £1.25, and a 500g bag of carrots is 49p.  They then ran the figures through the Bank of England’…

Santa told to slim down sleigh in festive efficiency crackdown

Jamie Burns, from sustainability firm Ailsa, has swapped boardrooms for the North Pole this Christmas, crunching the numbers on Santa’s epic journey. And the results are enough to make even Rudolph break into a sweat. Reindeer fuel bill revealed According to Burns, Santa’s nine trusty reindeer need a staggering 24,000 calories each just to get airborne — six times their normal daily intake. That’s the equivalent of 108kg of grain and 108kg of CO…