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Santa Barrels South Towards Australia Again

updateSanta has bypassed Japan at this hour and has instead opted to return to Australia. We are receiving reports from Hobart that Santa has been there. Meanwhile, Santa has specifically requested that kids in Pakistan go to bed.

— Elf Ernest
Direct from Santa’s Newsroom at the North Pole

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Command Center Status: All systems go, all lights are green
Sleigh Status: 9653 mph
Reindeer Status: Very Good
Latest Secret Spy Reports: Non-believers in the neighborhood in West Los Angeles; cookie shortage in Bogata; non-Christmas music playing in Myrtle Beach…
Where it is Christmas Eve now: Budapest
Where it is Christmas morning now: Hobart, Tokyo, Guam, Vladivostok, Sydney, Brisbane, Papua New Guinea

bedtime
Kids in these places should be in bed by now:
Pakistan
All of Asia