[WASHINGTON.CBSLOCAL] Greenpeace is warning children the world over Santa Claus might not be bringing gifts to them because of global warming.A "Save the Arctic" video released by the environmental group shows a sullen and dirty Santa -- played by Jim Carter of "Downton Abbey" -- in a dark, concrete room with water dripping from the ceiling.
"Dear children, I regrettably bring bad tidings. For some time now, melting ice here in the North Pole has made our operations and our day-to-day life intolerable and impossible and there may be no alternative but to cancel Christmas," Santa warned in the Greenpeace video.
Santa claims he has written world leaders, including Presidents Barack Obama
They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them...
and Vladimir Putin
...Second and fourth President of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead..., but to no avail.
"Sadly my letters have been met with indifference," Santa says, as lights begin to flicker in the room like a horror movie. "Needless to say these individuals are now at the top of my naughty list."
In the end, Santa urges those watching to sign a petition to "Save Santa's Home."