First Reports of A Merry Christmas in Australia

Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and other cities, towns, and villages along the east coast of Australia are all reporting a Merry Christmas at this time. Santa took nearly everyone there by surprise. Not sure where Santa goes from here.

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

Command Center Status: No issues reported at this time.
Sleigh Status: 15448 mph
Reindeer Status: Bursting with energy!
Latest Secret Spy Reports: Fence down in Perth, Australia; reports of loud non-Christmas music in Lisbon; frigid temps reported in Iceland….
Where it is Christmas Eve now: Stockholm
Where it is Christmas morning now: Sydney, Brisbane, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Marshall Islands, Soloman Islands, Fiji

Kids in these places should be in bed by now:
Mongolia
Omsk
Sri Lanka
India
Bangkok

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Elf Ernest

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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