This is without doubt the hardest but most rewarding job I have done all year. Two Sun reporters and I took bereaved families with 17 children to meet Father Christmas in Lapland. All the children had recently lost their father in the war in Afghanistan so it was a long emotional day but the kids didn’t stop smiling. It was hard to get nice photographs, as it was almost pitch black by the time we arrived and I had to shoot video too. Not only that but my cameras kept icing over in minus 20 temperatures and when we finally met Santa in his nice warm office my cameras decided to steam up!
Apart from all that once I managed to get some pictures in focus the kids faces said it all…

Three year old Aidan in Lapland

Five year old Megan Matthews meets Father christmas

Help for Little Heroes at Lapland