Santa urges Irish children to go to bed immediately so he can deliver gifts

This still image provided by NORAD shows the NORAD Santa Tracker. 

Mr Claus is on-schedule to visit Irish homes in the small hours of tonight having already delivered four billion presents.

In an exclusive message received by The Irish Examiner from Mr Claus this evening, he is urging all the children of Ireland to get tucked up in bed if they haven’t already.

North Pole medical experts have also assured that Santa is fully protected against Covid-19, and he's been given the green light to make a visit in every house on earth. 

This still image provided by NORAD shows the NORAD Santa Tracker. 

Thanks to super-advanced technology provided by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Santa’s journey across the globe can be  tracked live.

This is their 66th year tracking the all-important journey that every child on earth has been on their best behaviour for.

Guided by his trusty reindeer, Santa is making great progress so far and will reach Irish homes very soon.

Ireland will be one of his final stops of the night before he takes on America and Canada as well as South America.

It’s worth keeping in mind that Santa's route can be affected by weather, so it's really unpredictable. 

Thankfully, Met Eireann have confirmed that Santa will have no problem with the Irish rain forecasted for tonight.

Screengrabs from Norad Santa tracker taken as Santy set out on his journey on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2021.

According to NORAD, “in most countries, it seems Santa arrives between 9.00pm and midnight on December 24”.

“If children are still awake when Santa arrives, he moves on to other houses. He returns later, but only when the children are asleep!” 

If you’re wondering how Santa does it all in 24 hours, NORAD says that Santa does not experience time the way we do.

“His trip seems to take 24 hours to us, but to Santa it might last days, weeks or even months.

“Santa would not want to rush the important job of delivering presents to children and spreading joy to everyone, so the only logical conclusion is that Santa somehow functions within his own time-space continuum.”