Santa warns children of Ireland to go to bed when asked on Christmas Eve

Santa Claus: 'But if Mommy and Daddy ask you to go to bed early, please go to bed early.'

Santa has advised children in Ireland to go to bed when asked on Christmas Eve since he cannot deliver presents to everyone unless they are asleep when he stops by their house.

“I know everybody is very excited on Christmas Eve, no more than at the North Pole where we're up to 90 just before I set off on the sleigh,” he said.

“But if Mommy and Daddy ask you to go to bed early, please go to bed early because you know, Santa Claus won't arrive until everybody is asleep.” Speaking ahead of his big journey around the world on December 25, Santa said he was “delighted” to hear that the Government had officially granted him permission to enter Irish airspace last week.

“You know, Mrs Claus does all of my negotiations, and it is Mrs Claus is the person who keeps in contact with air traffic control all the way around the world,” he said.

“So it's thanks to Mrs Clause and her diplomacy that I've got a clearance.” 

 

 

As we know, people in different countries refer to Santa by all sorts of names and monikers.

However, Santa said that his wife refers to him as Nicholas when the pair are in the company of others and at home he is simply: ‘Santy’.

Speaking about the issue of climate change, Santa also confirmed that neither he, nor his reindeer, have a carbon footprint due to the unique way in which they fly.

“Because the reindeer lick lichens in the forest and they eat moss, they have very, very little gas production. So they don't contribute anything,” he said.

Santa added that once he and his companions pass through the Aurora Borealis, the reindeer are able to fly around the world without using any energy at all.

Asked whether his journey might be affected by the recent eruption of a volcano in Iceland, Santa said that it would not.

Asked whether his journey might be affected by the recent eruption of a volcano in Iceland, Santa said that it would not.

“Luckily enough for everybody, including the people in Iceland, the lava flow went northwest instead of going down into the town. But I will avoid it. And I'll have to fly a little bit higher but Rudolph would be very, very aware of anything in the atmosphere," he told RTÉ's Morning Ireland.

“It won’t slow me down at all. I’ll be on time.” Later in the interview, Santa was asked about the cost-of-living crisis and working conditions amongst the elves in the North Pole.

“Not everything in the world is based upon the system of bosses and workers,” he said.

“Up here at the North Pole, we all contribute as the only payment we ask for is the goodwill of the people who receive presents that they've spread happiness around the world.” He said that the more happiness that is spread around the world, the happier everyone at the North Pole is.

“The elves work hard and I work hard and of course Mrs Clause works hard. Nobody gets paid. Everybody does it for love,” he said.

Finally, Santa was asked how he, Mrs Claus, and the elves would unwind once his journey around the world has concluded on December 25.

“When I get back to the North Pole on Christmas Day, there's always a big breakfast first thing, and that’s great fun.

“And all the elves gather round and we're all singing songs and pulling Christmas crackers and telling jokes to one another.

“And we all reminisce something back to the good old days. But we have a very good time and then, of course, we look forward to a big Christmas dinner."