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Downton Abbey’s Jim Carter in dishevelled Santa role

Downton Abbey’s Jim Carter in dishevelled Santa role

GreenpeaceDownton Abbey actor Jim Carter has taken on the role of Santa, but its not a ho-ho-ho happy Christmas with the special video sending out a serious message.

Adored by millions of fans globally, Jim Carter has become an international star for his portrayal as the gruff but cuddly head butler Carson in ITV drama Downton Abbey. However, fans of Carson are in for a shock when they discover he has temporarily escaped from his chores below stairs at the grand house and has turned into a dishevelled Santa whose North Pole home is disappearing.

I want to do my part to help raise the profile of the threats posed to the Arctic by oil drilling and climate change. So I was pleased to have this opportunity to support Greenpeace and their Christmas campaign. – Jim Carter

In the Greenpeace Christmas film ‘An urgent message from Santa’, Jim Carter’s Santa home at the North Pole is collapsing around him with flooding and power failures. It is disabling preparations for Christmas as the Arctic ice melts around him – weeks before Santa’s busiest day of the year. Santa delivers a stark warning that Christmas could be cancelled unless world leaders take action.

The film ends with an emotional appeal from Santa for help to save his Arctic home, and a dire warning of the potential consequences of inaction – empty stockings, forevermore.

The film is part of Greenpeace’s ‘Save the Arctic’ campaign, the body note that in 30 years 75 per cent of the Arctic summer sea ice volume has been lost.

Everyone loves Santa and nobody wants him to lose his home. We should all be worried about the ice melting around the North Pole. If enough people support our campaign to protect the Arctic then the younger generation will be able to sleep well on Christmas Eve, safe in the knowledge that Santa’s home will be saved. – Executive Director of Greenpeace UK, John Sauven

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