Santa delivered the drone, minus the safety and skill to fly them

New York

"My dad got a drone for Christmas./ My dad lost a drone on Christmas." @miss-jordon, on Twitter.

IF THIS Christmas was the season of the drone, it was also a time of crashes, losses and tweeted laments. Social media is rich with commentary about fathers crashing drones, girlfriends with tiny blades enmeshed in their hair and crying children whose favourite present went poof in the sky.