HO HO Hold Your Voice Down! November 26, 2001 9:22 am EST WELLINGTON (Reuters) - 'Tis the season to be jolly but "Ho Ho Ho" looks to be a no-go for some New Zealand Santas this Christmas. Recruitment company Westaff NZ Ltd has advised its Santas to avoid Ho-Ho-ing when close to children to avoid scaring them, Wellington branch manager Sian Barber told Reuters. "When dealing with children one-on-one obviously the child sits on Santa's knee, they are right close to them and imagine a child just having 'Ho! Ho! Ho!' yelled down its ear -- it doesn't sound very approachable," she said. The eleven Santas recruited by Westaff this year are being encouraged to keep their bellowing ho-hos for striding through shopping malls at a safe distance from children, Barber said. Christmas is widely celebrated in New Zealand with Santa Claus donning the traditional red suit with white fur trim despite mid-summer temperatures.