Five of the best Santa's rides this year

Not many people think about what Santa gets up to on the other 364 days of the year. But we have - we've asked what he would drive. Lapland's a big place, and with Santa having an unchallenged monopoly on the whole Christmas presents thing, he's not short of a bob or two. So what does he do to pass the time? Sit and watch Jeremy Kyle? Stalk people on Facebook?

Well, rumour has it he does both those things, but he's also got a penchant for motors. And with all the time in the world to drive them around, and more cash than Peter Kay and Chubby Brown combined (who also only appear at Christmas to distribute the same material, repackaged for a different year), motoring's entire catalogue is at his disposal.

However, snow, a need for cargo space, a substantial posse of elves and a demanding pack of reindeer all play a part on shaping Santa's collection of rides. Let's not even pretend we're talking about replacing his day job chariot, his sleigh, because that would be stupid and infeasible, and this is a serious list. Here they are, then, in no particular order.