They say Christmas is about endurance, and nobody proves that better than this guy.

A high-quality, dramatically lit studio photograph of a battered chocolate Father Christmas. The chocolate is bruised with a visible tooth mark in the head and red foil peeling away from the base against a dark background. Copyright Jan Söhlke

Found at the bottom of the snack box, one year older and a little worse for wear—tooth marks and all. He’s seen things; he’s lost a bit of his coat, but he’s still here and he’s my 2025 Christmas card!

And by the time December 25th rolls around, we’ll probably all feel a little bit like this cocoa casualty.