Island hearts at happy at this hour as sleigh spotters in Tonga report of Santa’s recent visit. Going from hut to hut and home to home in the tiny island nation Santa has been busy island hopping and enjoying the hospitality of the welcoming Tongan people.

“The weather is a concern in this part of the world at this time of the year,” Elf Victor said. “But it seems like a beautiful Christmas morning down there and from what I can tell the reindeer are doing very well.”

Cities and small towns all over the Far East Pacific Rim are now on bedtime alert. We have received reports from the ships at sea that they are awaiting Santa’s visit, too.

— Elf Ernest

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