Every conversation I’ve taken part in lately seems to contain the question: “So, have you done your Christmas shopping yet?” The short answer is no. In fact, it’s the only answer.
Now don’t get me wrong, I enjoy Christmas. It’s a great time to spend with family and friends, a time of good whisky and goodwill. And now is probably a good time to take a look at Christmas on the net.
If you already know what you want for Christmas and are ready to send a list off to the man in red, go to https://www.santa-at-home.com/ to send him an e-mail.Yes folks, it’s the 21st century and Santa is online. No doubt he keeps an inventory of presents on there too so let’s hope his site isn’t hacked.
Another thing I’m not good at organising is sending Christmas cards. If you have friends online, the easy option is to send an electronic card, or e-card. There are hundreds, probably thousands, of sites that offer this service. Simply go to your favourite search engine and type in “send free cards” and you will be spoiled for choice.
As you can imagine, Christmas Eve is a big night for Santa. However, with the various time zones throughout the world, and a little Christmas magic, he manages to get all the presents delivered by morning. If you are interested in tracking his progress on the big night, the NORAD tracking website (https://www.noradsanta.org/english/ radar.html) goes live on December 24.
At Christmas even the most artistically challenged among us feel the urge to make things. Dean and Nancy’s Everything Christmas has links to enough craft ideas to keep you busy until next Christmas.
The ultimate Santa site has to be https://www.claus.com/index.shtml, where you can take a virtual tour of Santa’s village and check out your place on the infamous naughty or nice list.
If you’ve always wondered what Santa does in his spare time after Christmas, that question and many more will be answered at the Santa FAQ page (santaclaus.com/faq.html). It seems last year he visited New Zealand, part of Europe, and the Florida Keys. I should mention that this page is written from a Northern Hemisphere perspective so it talks about Santa’s holiday time as spring and summer.