If the shopping rush or stresses of planning have caused you to fall out of love with Christmas, this list may just restore your belief.

While we grown-ups look at the season through cynical eyes, the magic and innocence of Christmas are still very much alive in children.

Royal Mail elves helping deliver letters to Santa have collated this list of the most common questions asked by kids.

The adorable things children want to know from Father Christmas should be enough to warm any heart.

  • What will I leave you to eat on Christmas Eve?
  • How do you deliver all the presents in one night?
  • Do you want to have Christmas dinner with us?
  • Do you like travelling in the snow?
  • Do you have a sat nav?
  • What do you do in the summer holidays?
  • Do you ever get Christmas presents?
  • Do you get fed up with mince pies?
  • Do you enjoy being Santa?
  • How many carrots do your reindeer have?
  • Has anyone ever seen you?
  • Are you busy?
  • How many elves do you have?

If you were a child now, what question would you most want to ask Father Christmas? Do you know the answers to the most frequently asked questions above because you or your children have already asked them? Add your comments below.