What does it take to become Santa's helper?

Spare a thought for Santa who is very busy on Christmas Eve delivering presents. We delved into our archive for some useful tips for would-be helpers.

Santa's Top Ten tips

Is that Donner or Blixen? They're hard to tell apart. Credit: ITV West Country
Ever climbed a chimney? What goes up must come down. Credit: ITV West Country
Is that beard real or false? Credit: ITV West Country

It's estimated that, with more than 2.1 billion children in the world, Santa would have to make 842 million stops on Christmas Eve. S/he's either very whizzy or is able to play with time.

It's a race against time. Credit: ITV West Country

We visited Wookey Hole's Santa School in 2005 and took part in their Santa Olympics in 2007.

Merry Christmas from the ITV News West Country archives.