For the past 80 Christmases, the festive strains of Santa Claus Is Coming To Town have filled the air in homes and department stores the world over. Listen carefully, though, and you"ll find things aren't so merry.

For while it's easy to imagine what happens to kids who've been nice, no mention is ever made of the plight of the naughty ones.

Exit gift-giving Santa Claus and enter the more serious Saint Nick.

In Eastern Orthodoxy, Saint Nicholas is often referred to as Nicholas the Wonderworker, a trait also attributed to Melbourne coach Paul Roos.

After last week's debacle, Roos admitted he was also compiling a list, and checking it twice. And in case anyone remains unsure how serious the Demons situation is, he called his list a "dossier".