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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Samuel Port & Susie Beever

Dad 'broken' by kids' response to him saying he can't afford Christmas presents this year

A dad-of-three says he's been left "broken" by his kids' reply after breaking the news that Santa couldn't come this year.

Ryan Croft has "no money" and has been technically homeless over recent months as he searches for jobs while sofa-surfing and trying to keep up with soaring costs.

Christmas for the 36-year-old this year has been non-existent after he had to liquidate his scaffolding company, with no home of his own to decorate or put a tree up in, and no cash to buy his children presents.

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