Santa Says South America is Not Ready to Deliver

Blaming it on a bad setting on his watch, Santa flew over the Brazilian city of Recife and suddenly realized he was there too early. There were too many lights on, too many cars on the road, too many folks playing in the yards and out on the streets (it is the middle of summer there). So Santa has headed south for…somewhere.

— Elf Ernest

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Elf Ernest is Senior Vice President of Public Relations at the North Pole. As such he oversees all North Pole websites and the News Department, which includes Kringle Radio, North Pole Radio News, SantaUpdate.com, SantaTrackers.net and NorthPoleFlightCommand.com. Ernest also oversees all official North Pole social media channels.

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