Santa is designated a Key Worker and therefore

But he’s over 70...??

Yes Blue Sky but, the elves and other helpers are magic so the virus won't affect them, plus Lapland is so big, social distancing problem.
Reindeer definitely don't carry the virus. Father Christmas akna Santa works in isolation when delivering the goodies. Chimneys aren't risky work environments. It will all be fine

A good thing he's self-isolating in the sleigh.

It must be very draining though having to use up so much magic to send the presents to the kids in these days of central heating and no chimneys.

but he's only doing Zoom grotto visits ,this cheered up my smallest GD no end today .Well done FM for thinking of the children

Spot on Iam64
When we lived abroad, we had a penthouse flat. Father Christmas used the lift.
Christmas morning son used to open the front door and shout THANK YOU FATHER CHRISTMAS down the stairwell.

Good to know Iam64! ?

Phew!

Good old Father Christmas and he works so hard with barely
A teabreak.
I regularly tell posters ( on Christmas threads) to buy their DGC The Father Christmas Letters by J R R Tolkein....a magical story for young and young-ish ( me!)? where FC writes detailed letters and drawings telling of the trials and tribulations of getting the presents made in his workshop.
The elves and his right hand man Polar Bear do constant battles with deadlines and the goblins.It’s a wonderful, thin, hardback book, the illustrations by Tolkein are very good and funny.

And Jason Leitch is the Grinch - this made me smile. The advice has been very clear all the way through the pandemic but it is good to have a tiny bit of humour introduced.

My friends GD watched the briefings everyday with her mum and dad ,she decided she wanted a "Nicola" doll for her birthday so a barbie was bought,dressed in a power suit had its hair cut and the wee one was thrilled.Hope she's not looking for a Jason one now ,that might be more difficult.

Can anyone remember tracking Father Christmas in his sleigh as he travelled round the world? I think it was produced by the Norwegians - something like that? 'twas magical

Alishka the Father Christmas tracker begins again on 1st December. It's at noradsanta.org

But Father Christmas visits every family with children all round the world on Christmas Eve, so I think he may be a super spreader!

pollyperkins, are you The Grinch in disguise? Of course he isn't a super spreader. We all know his magic enables him to have a ring around him, through which the virus cannot get.

lemongrove, thanks for the reminder about Tolkein's Christmas letters. I'll get one for each other grandchildren' s homes

I’d always assumed that since he’s magic, he’d be immune from the virus anyway.

We left the usual carrots for the reindeer in little Gdcs’ garden last year, and when we went in the morning to check that they’d gone, we found some very messy chewed up little bits of carrot around the dish. But as I said to Gdcs, Still, at least they didn’t poo in the garden. ??

My SIL still tracks Santa on NORAD every Christmas even though his girls are teenagers now.

This is good news, in an otherwise grey day. ??

Santa is safer if you have a real fire. I read somewhere that a currently famous person has recommended soot as an anti-virus solution. ??

He is magic! Shh don’t tell anyone!?

NORAD still does this every year through the NASA website. Wonderful idea to prolong the magic. Watch out for timings of the ISS, if it is due over your DGC’s house. That’s Santa going to load up with presents!

Well my oldest grandchild has informed me that Santa doesn’t exist, so I’m greatly relieved to hear that she’s incorrect and he’ll be turning up as usual.

Nothing stops Father Christmas, but I understand his elves are working in shifts so that not too many are in the workshop at the same time. This may mean that not quite so many gifts can be delivered on time this year, but he will do his best.

There’s a lovely book called Father Christmas Needs A Wee,
It tells of him stopping at all the houses and drinking and eating all the goodies that’s left out for him , he’s so busy he hasn’t time for a toilet stop !!
It’s lovely in that it’s repetitive so children can join in . I still have my copy that I used to read with my grandchildren , alas all grown up now but they can still recite most of it !

What a delightful thread! You have all quite brightened up my day!