update Santa has visited all over Japan and parts of North Korea and China in the past few minutes and continues to push south. In an interesting bit of news he has radioed to the Tracking Command Center a plan to take a break a few hours from now to change out the reindeer again and to grab a quick bite to eat. He has only scheduled a time, the Tracking Department is working now on a possible location.

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

Command Center Status: All systems go, all lights are green
Sleigh Status: 21457 mph
Reindeer Status: Very Good
Latest Secret Spy Reports: Russia reports ice and snow; street lights out in Berlin; multiple reports of excited kids reported in Warsaw…
Where it is Christmas Eve now: Rome
Where it is Christmas morning now: Kobe,Tokyo, Darwin, Hobart, Tokyo, Guam, Vladivostok, Sydney

bedtime
Kids in these places should be in bed by now:
Caspian Sea
Oman
Iran
Afghanistan
Pakistan