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Santa Speaks 2009

Santa met this year with Jeff Westover, editor of My Merry Christmas.com, where these interviews have been hosted for over a decade. As you know, once a year and only one a year does Santa sit down with a member of the media. Santa grants these…
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Top 10 Things Santa Does to Pass the Offseason

10. Travels the world with a reindeer pooper-scooper. 9. Thinks up 12 more days of Christmas. 8. Writes new Christmas top ten lists. 7. Drops watermelons from the top of David Letterman's house. 6. Takes pictures on the Easter…
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What makes reindeer fly?

Dear Ernest, What makes a reindeer fly? Missy J. Barcelona, Spain Hi Missy- The flight of reindeer has been attributed to everything from magic corn to fairy dust. Since most of the stories are ancient fables, there is no way…
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Santa Everywhere

It is the question that just won't go away: How does Santa get around the world in one night? I've never been one to understand how kids can ask this question. After all, Santa never fails to appear. I've lived through more Christmases than…
Santa the Big Guy
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Why the Big Guy is a Big Guy

We live in a politically correct world these days. That means we're careful in how we say things. For whatever reason, Christmas is a target in the battles of political correctness. In some place, folks won't say "Merry Christmas" -- they'll…
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In Honor of the Christmas Stocking

In this political season polls and focus groups seem to be all the rage. It is a trend that isn’t lost on us here at the North Pole. Before the season we get letters asking for all kinds of things. After the season, we get letters telling…
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A Fat Man’s Holiday

Someone around here keeps mentioning that Thanksgiving is Santa's favorite holiday. We keep getting letters disputing that fact and arguing that nothing can supplant Christmas as the day for Santa -- or anybody else at the North Pole for that…
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Santa Speaks 2008

Early every October Santa sits down to be interviewed by a media personality. This has been his tradition almost as long as there has been a modern media. This year, Santa sat down with long time political reporter Hugh Kelly of KLIP-TV. This…
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What will I get for Christmas?

Dear Ernest, What will I get for Christmas? Thanks, Maria I haven't a clue. And if I did, I wouldn't tell you. It would be really easy to find out. All I have to do is to enter your name into my computer here and up would pop…
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Why Santa Doesn’t Use Eight Tiny Penguins

Fact: Santa uses reindeer to deliver the goods. When we grow up the first reference any of us hear to reindeer is in association with Santa (except for a few kids in Lapland) and so we simply think of them as Santa's kind of animal. Everyone…
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What do elves get paid?

Dear Elf Ernest, Could you please tell me and my sister about how much you get paid, and what kind of hours do you work? If you do get paid what do you get paid with? Merry Christmas Rob and Kate Dear Rob and Kate, Well, that's…
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Never Swear in Front of Santa

By Robert McReynolds I saw him. I was only 17 years old at the time. And I haven't seen him since. But I know he's real and nobody could ever tell me different. We had gone to bed about 5 hours before, after a long night of making…
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Halloween: What’s the Point?

I don't get Halloween. Ok, so there isn't a seven-year-old kid alive who doesn't like to dress up. And getting free candy door-to-door is an idea whose appeal is clear to see. But what's the point? When you think of Thanksgiving there is…
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Santa Speaks 2007

Just as he does every year, Santa has been interviewed in advance of Christmas. And just as he has done in the past, Santa has met with an aspiring journalist, this year being 17-year-old Jeremy Hart of Fontana, California. Jeremy did something…
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How does Santa live for so long?

Dear Elf Ernest, How does Santa live for so many years? Most people his age are dead. Thank you, Kaitlyn Dear Kaitlyn, Age and time can be a tricky thing to understand. But let me try to explain it in a way that will make…