Stand-in vicar Lee Rayfield shattered the illusions of dozens of kids when he joked in his carol service sermon that Santa and his reindeer would burn up doing 3,000 times the speed of sound as they delivered gifts to 91.8 million homes.

• 李·雷菲尔德是教区的替补牧师，他在颂歌布道时开玩笑说，为了给9180万家庭送去礼物，圣诞老人驾着驯鹿的飞行速度必须是音速的3000倍，如果真是那样的话，他早就着火烧起来了。他的话粉碎了许多孩子的梦想和寄托。