Santa tests negative for Covid as he gears up for Christmas
Eyleen Gomez 24th December 2020
The minister for public health, Dr John Cortes, has confirmed that Santa Claus has not only had the vaccine but also tested negative for Covid-19 coronavirus ahead of his expected arrival in Gibraltar on Christmas Eve.
Dr Cortes gave the children of Gibraltar the “good news” he had received from the North Pole.
“The news is that Santa and all the elves have been tested and have tested negative for Covid coronavirus. So they are clear,” he said.
“And, I can also confirm that this comes all the way from Santa’s village that Santa and the elves have all been vaccinated and therefore are free of the dangers of Covid.”
Normally, up to 160 volunteers crowd into a conference room at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Col., taking two-hour shifts to answer the phones as eager children call to see if Santa and his sleigh have reached their rooftops. All together, 1,500 people over 20 hours have participated in the call centre in the past, fielding more than 130,000 phone calls, beginning at 3 a.m. Kamloops time on Christmas Eve. This year, due to safety restrictions forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of volunteers has been drastically cut to what NORAD expects will be fewer than 10 people per shift. So, some callers may be able to once again get through to a member of the military or other volunteer when they dial the NORAD Tracks Santa toll-free number, 1-877-Hi-NORAD. But others will get a recorded update on Santa’s current location.
No need for children or anyone to worry, cry or pout about the buck deer recently put into home freezers.
They definitely were not any members of Santa Clausâ team at the North Pole preparing for work Thursday night.
According to a college professor, who felt the concern personally, has determined all of Santaâs reindeer are female.
It s all about the antlers, apparently. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and yes, even Rudolph, are ladies.
The original eight first introduced in the poem âThe Night Before Christmasâ are commonly thought of as males. But, Christmas carolers and holiday hangers-on have had it wrong all along.
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ather Christmas has started his journey delivering presents around the world - and as always, you can track his moves using the NORAD Santa Tracker.
NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defence Command, will be following his massive 510,000,000km journey, with the festive figurehead s GPS location viewable the whole way.
Here’s how you can follow Father Christmas journey:
How to track Santa Claus
The NORAD tracker is the most popular way to see Santa Claus’ trip. Each year more than nine million people visit the website to see his whereabouts, and the site has plenty to keep eager children amused until his journey begins.
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