{"id":201,"date":"2021-12-23T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterling-insurance.co.uk\/blog\/?p=201"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:32:16","slug":"laws-father-christmas-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterling-insurance.co.uk/blog\/standard\/laws-father-christmas-break\/","title":{"rendered":"What laws does Father Christmas break on Christmas Eve?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Christmas may be your favourite time of the year, and Father Christmas may be your favourite person to visit you during the festive period, but did you know you\u2019re practically letting a criminal into your home?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s right, it seems as though Saint Nick wouldn\u2019t make the nice list if he were judging himself. In fact he breaks more laws in one night than the average person does in their lifetime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sterling-insurance.co.uk\/\">insurance specialists at Sterling<\/a> have taken a deep dive into Father Christmas\u2019 rap sheet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Drink driving<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Providing Father Christmas drinks every drop of brandy or whisky that\u2019s left out for him, he would be well over the drink driving limit to drive his sleigh before he\u2019s even reached a handful of houses, let alone the whole world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the UK, the alcohol limit for drivers is 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, 35 micrograms per 100ml of breath, or 107mg per 100ml of urine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore he could face imprisonment, be banned from driving or be billed with a hefty fine if he\u2019s found guilty of drink driving. It may be best if you just leave a cold glass of milk next to the carrot this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Speeding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sterling-wordpress.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Limited-Mileage-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4915\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We all know Father Christmas has a pretty fast engine on that sleigh of his. After all, he has reindeer power instead of horsepower. However, even he isn\u2019t immune to speeding laws, despite his good deed of delivering your presents on Christmas Eve.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While speed limits vary around the world, there\u2019s no way his estimated speed of approximately 650 miles per second is permitted in any country. Meaning he\u2019d definitely be in line for a speeding ticket and might even accrue 12 points on his driving licence. Well, providing speed cameras pick up vehicles going that fast!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Breaking and entering<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Claus may be delivering the presents you asked for, but that doesn\u2019t excuse him sneaking into your home during the night. This one could be argued in court, in that parents may leave the door open for Saint Nick to drop in, but we\u2019re pretty sure he\u2019d have a tougher time defending his chimney escapades.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Reckless driving<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As if breaking the speed limit wasn\u2019t bad enough, Saint Nick could also be arrested for reckless driving. A DD30 conviction for reckless driving or dangerous driving is issued when a driver has demonstrated an unlawful act while in control of a vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Father Christmas commits this crime on multiple fronts. Including driving under the influence of alcohol, speeding and driving aggressively as he battles all types of weather to make sure we all have a present to unwrap on Christmas day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A DD30 conviction can have a huge financial bearing with fines and mandatory driving courses to attend. Being issued with a DD30 will have an impact on your insurance premiums and will make it hard to get insured in the future at a price you can afford. The offence will remain on the DVLA licence for a period of 11 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Animal welfare<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Animal Welfare Act 2006, you can commit an offence if you don\u2019t ensure the needs of an animal for which you are responsible to the extent required by good practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should Father Christmas be disregarding animal welfare laws, for example, forcing his reindeers to work in freezing conditions, without recommended rest stops and food, then he could be breaking the law. The most serious crimes can lead to a fine of \u00a320,000 and as much as 51 weeks of imprisonment. Those convicted can also be prohibited from owning or dealing with animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. Disturbing the peace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sterling-wordpress.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Blog-Image-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Father Christmas\" class=\"wp-image-27331\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s bad enough when your neighbour is blaring out their questionable music taste until late at night. But Father Christmas is also guilty of this charge by disturbing the peace with his jingle bells and reindeer chiming when they reach your street. It usually happens when your kids have just fallen asleep after the uncontrollable excitement of Santa coming to town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Property damage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s right, should your roof need a repair thanks to a Father Christmas sleigh sized hole in it, you can be sure Saint Nick has damaged your property.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-insurance-you-can-trust\"><strong>Insurance you can trust<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike Father Christmas the majority of drivers fail to break these laws each year, meaning they\u2019re able to get a great price on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sterling-insurance.co.uk\/car-insurance\/\">car insurance<\/a> through Sterling. Our very best prices are available over the phone, so call our UK Call Centre today on 0344 381 9990.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He may be jolly old Saint Nick, but it turns out he\u2019s not as innocent as you may think he is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[16,17],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-standard","tag-car-insurance","tag-insurance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What laws does Father Christmas break on Christmas Eve? | Sterling Insurance Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out which seven crimes Father Christmas breaks every year during Christmas Eve. 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