Luckely your first reaction was a laugh, and that is how my remark was intended.
I have no desire whatsoever to offend anyone, if so, apologies.
But for me it was just a over the top image of someone in a santa suite and you saying somewhere you might get in a santa costume this christmas
as for USA pay as you go sims, I am thinking about using skype or whatever to make my calls to home sweet home when I'm abroad. That's about as ultracheap as you can get.