A VISIT from Father Christmas could be "terrifying" for small children, says advice on a government website...The advice for teachers on teachernet.gov.uk said: "Younger children in particular have a wide range of fears. For very young children, Father Christmas can be terrifying.
No doubt. After all, children in the UK under 14 aren't considered old enough to be trusted with pens.
Thank goodness they're old enough for their teachers to have sex with!
H.G. Wells miscalculated. He didn't need to send his Time Traveller all the way to "the year Eight Hundred and Two Thousand odd" in order to find the Eloi.
Or the Morlocks, either, for that matter.