Like the Queen and the Pope, Santa is supposed to be politically neutral. But being Santa does not come cheap. There is the tax to calculate and pay in each different jurisdiction. Allianz Global Assistance calculated Santa's travel insurance premium at $335.69. And while oil prices are at record lows, the sleigh does not use petrol. Little wonder that rumour is abound Santa has had to resort to a bit of product placement in his gift-giving. For politicians, Santa is rumoured to be planning Donald Trump-themed presents.
After his disastrous showing on radio station The Rock, Prime Minister John Key can expect a modern slang dictionary which will include definitions for older phrases such as "don't drop the soap" as well as Trump's own special chapter containing words such as "schlonged".
Labour leader Andrew Little can expect a big wall to keep property buyers with Chinese sounding surnames out of Auckland.
NZ First leader Winston Peters can also expect a big wall, big enough to keep out everyone apart from Northland voters, migrants bearing whisky, and people of Scottish-Maori ancestry who have SuperGold Cards. His MP Richard Prosser will get a wall to put up around Wogistan, as well as royalties for Trump's use of Prosser's 2013 policy to ban young Muslim men from flying on Western airlines.
Labour deputy leader Annette King, who has been known to compare herself to Hillary Clinton, will be allowed a bathroom break complete with commentary about how "disgusting" such things are. United Future leader Peter Dunne will get an acknowledgement for having inspired The Toupee (although Dunne's is an all-natural wonder).