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Questions/ANSWERS for Santa Claus

1. Are the elves your children? No, they come from all the different lands of the world and each

one, when they reached the age of 150 sent me a message asking for an interview to become an

a lot, so most of the time I check by pulling on my beard, and it’s always there. So, I must be

real.

4. Can we visit you at the North Pole? You can always visit me at the North Pole in your dreams

and imagination, but the only way to physically visit there is to be invited to come and attend Elf

College and live there as an Elf.

5. Can you bring my puppy back to life? Puppies and other pets are very important in each of our

lives. I have had quite a few dogs and cats in my life and I love each one of them. But, it is the

eternal plan that every living creature has a life span. Some live many hundreds of years, like

me. And, some live only a few months. But, we each can find great joy and happiness in our

time. I miss each of my pets when they are gone, but I always have them with me in my

learned many things similar to what you are learning. But, I also went to Elf College and learned

a lot about making toys and how to fly the sleigh.

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8. Do the elves have to go to school? Yes, they sure do. Just in Elf College alone, they spend nearly

90 years learning all the things they need to know to be helpful around The North Pole. Some of

the things they learn are how to take care of the reindeer and how to make Christmas cookies.

9. Do you ever get sad? Yes, I get sad, sometimes. But, then I think of all the wonderful times I

have and all the children I get to meet and that makes me happy again.

10. Do you have any baby reindeer? Oh, my, YES! You see there are thousands and thousands of

reindeer at my home. Every year we have thousands of more reindeer born. When they grow

up, they each have many different things to learn, just like the elves do.

nymph, named Necile. She’s the one who adopted me and named me Nicholas.

13. Do you know Frosty, the snowman? I have read stories about Frosty and I know a song about

him, but actually, he’s just make believe.

14. Do you know Jesus? I never got to meet him when he was alive on the earth, because I’m only

468 years old. But, I have spoken with him in spirit many times.

15. Do you play Santa Claus? (Most common! From adults) If you mean, do I act like Santa. Well, I

sure hope I do. After all, I AM him. 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. Actually, on leap years

there is an extra day and I get to sleep-in.

16. Does your sleigh have seat belts? Absolutely! Every sleigh is equipped with several seat belts.

Sometimes, when I’m flying high in the sky and the reindeer try to trick me by flying loopity-

18. Have you ever flown in an airplane? Oh, YES! I have flown many many times. That’s how I get

around whenever I visit, if it’s not Christmas Eve. The North Pole is a very long way away and the

toy sleigh only flies on Christmas Eve.

19. How can I become an elf and live at the North Pole? When you turn 150 years old, you can

send me a letter asking for an interview and I will visit you. If you still want to be an elf after

that, you can go to Elf College. After 90 years learning in all the different classes at the college,

you will be an ELF First Class and can then live and work at The North Pole.

20. How can you read every letter you get? That takes a lot of my time when I’m not making or

delivering toys. I have gotten pretty good at speed reading. If I really try, I can read 100 letters

every minute. And, I have lots of elves that are assigned to the North Pole Post Office that make

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remember how to say some of the more unusual names from different countries. Like

Zuazuazua from the Land of Nod.

22. How did you meet Mrs. Claus? Actually, I met her while I as attending Elf College. She was the

most beautiful elf I had ever seen. She was learning how to make the best Christmas cookies in

The North Pole bakery. I thought she made the best cookies, so we started dating. And the rest

is history.

23. How do the reindeer and your sleigh fly? It takes special magic dust to make the reindeer and

toy sleigh fly. The red fairies are the makers of that kind of dust and they bring a supply to The

parents had been so worried, but they were thrilled to have him home again.

25. How do you get in the house if there's no chimney? Many houses don’t have chimneys, these

days and in some parts of the world nobody has a chimney. So, we had to work out a special

way for me to get into those houses. I have a magic key that only works for me and only works

on Christmas Eve that will let me into any house for a one-time visit. Would you like to see it?

26. How do you get to every house in the world in one night? That was a special course I took at Elf

College. And, it’s one of the things I learned there, that I’m not supposed to tell others about.

It’s a big secret.

27. How do you know if a child is naughty or nice? First of all, please know this. Every child is nice

some of the time and naughty some of the time. Many times, all I must do is look in their eyes

29. How do you know which toys go to which child? It used to be that there were not so many

children and not so many different kinds of toys. Nowadays, we have computers to help us

remember who gets what. And, if we can’t find it, we bring them something special that we

know they will love, even if it wasn’t what they asked for.

30. How fast does your sleigh go? On Christmas Eve, the reindeer and the toy sleigh can fly at the

SPEED OF MAGIC, which is even faster than the SPEED OF LIGHT. That is over a million miles per

second. I really must hold onto my hat when we hit that speed. Fortunately, we only have to do

it a few times and we get caught back up.

31. How in the world do you get ponies in your sleigh? The truth is, I don’t actually deliver live

ponies any more. I used to, but they started jumping out of the sleigh at 32,000 feet above the

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32. How long is your beard? It goes all the way from my chin down to the end of the hair.

Sometimes it is shorter than others. If I need to, I can make it grow longer and wider, especially

on those cold Christmas Eve nights flying in the sleigh.

33. How many children do you have? I am the father of 4 children. Each one helps me at The North

Pole. One of them will become Santa when I retire. It’s a family business.

34. How many elves do you have? First of all, I don’t have elves. There are thousands of them that

live and work, under my direction, at The North Pole. Mrs. Claus also has hundreds that work in

the bakery and kitchen just to keep all of the others fed.

on a diet, right now. I’m only allowed to eat 20 cookies a day. Sometimes, that’s just not

enough, so I sneak a few other. Does that put me on the naughty list?

37. How old are you? I like to say that I’m as old as my hair and older than my teeth, but I’m losing a

lot of my hair, so I guess I’ll start telling my true age. This past year I had my 468th birthday.

How old are you?

38. How old is Rudolph? Rudolph is not quite as old as me. He was born when my father was Santa

Claus. I remember when he was just a fawn. He didn’t always have a red nose, you know.

39. How will you find me if I'm visiting my grandma? There is a whole group of elves that have no

other job other than keeping track of where children are going to be on Christmas Eve. They also

know where your grandma lives. If you don’t believe me, just ask her.

that pick up the letters from all the children of the world.

42. Is your beard always white? Sometimes it is whiter than at other times. Usually when I am flying

in the toy sleigh it gets pretty dirty. You would, too, if you were flying behind so many reindeer.

43. Is your beard real? It’s as real as me. Do you want to give it a little tug to make sure it doesn’t

come off. But, be careful, because if you tug too hard, I get to tug you back just as hard.

44. Other than cookies, what do you like to eat? I probably like to eat the same things you like.

Cookies are my favorite, but also cakes, pies and ice cream. But, those don’t give me all the full

nutrition I need. So, I also eat, vegetables and meats and drink milk and water.

45. What animal languages can you speak? I definitely can speak reindeer and horse. Other

languages I speak, but not very well, like cow, cat and dog. I’m still learning how to speak skunk.

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should have brought my memory elf with me, she remembers everything. I’ll try to look it up

when I get to my house at The North Pole and tell you when I see you again.

47. What different languages do you speak? Well, obviously, I speak English. And, I definitely speak

ELF. Most other languages I am fluent enough to get around the world and meet the children.

And, since I’m the Santa for the Earth, I don’t speak Martian! HOHOHO!!!

48. What do reindeer like to eat? Sometimes, I think the reindeer will eat pretty much anything I

put in front of them. But, I know they love cookies – especially the oatmeal raisin kind. When

they were loose and running in the wild, they used to eat lichen off of the trees. Lichen is kind of

chimney and the fire is burning that it makes me a “Crispy Kringle”. But, that’s just a joke.

Actually, I carry with me purple fairy dust, just to put out the fire temporarily so I can go in and

out of the house.

51. What happens if there's no snow? That was one of the challenges that I faced when I first

became Santa Claus. Much of the world never has any snow. That would be sad, wouldn’t it? I

developed a special set of retractable rubber tires that automatically come out where there is

no snow, so that I can land safely. In those places, I don’t usually land on the roofs and they

don’t have fireplaces very often, so usually I stick to the ground and the roads. The reindeer

can’t travel quite as fast, but it’s close to the SPEED OF MAGIC.

52. What hobbies do you have besides making toys? Well, making toys is not really a hobby to me,

54. What is Mrs. Claus' first name? Mrs. Claus’ name is Rebecca. She is not as old as I am, but we’ve

known each other for over 200 years. I remember the day I first met her at Elf College. She was

and still is the most beautiful person I have ever met.

55. What is my elf's name? Are you talking about your Elf-on-the-Shelf elf? If so, you get to name

them whatever you want. They each have different names at The North Pole and I know them

by that name. But, they are happy whenever you name them yourself. At The North Pole, your

elf is named Alpha (Beta, Gamma, Delta…. (Greek letters).

56. What is my name? At The North Pole, the elves call you Ein (Zwei, Drei, Fier, … (German

numbers). Of course, your parents got to name you whatever they wanted. What is your name

where you live? Oh, now I understand; (Ein, Zwei) in ELF language means (Mary, John) in English.

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58. What is the North Pole like? Oh, outside the Pole it is barren and windy and very cold. That way

we keep out unwanted salesmen. HOHOHO!! But, the village is, actually, under the ground and

is very warm and beautiful. My house in the village is right in the center of town so I can keep

track of everything that is going on.

59. What is your address? If you want to send me a letter, you just need to send it to Santa, North

Pole, and it will get to me. My actual street address at The Pole is 25 December Lane, North

Pole, Earth. I had to add the Earth part because some were trying to find me on Mars. Now,

that’s SILLY!

sunny south of the USA and wait for the children to come and see me and say ‘Trick or Treat’,

instead of me going out to see them.

62. What is your favorite kind of cookie? I guess my favorite cookie would have to be one that you

may not know about. At The North Pole the elves make a cookie that is called

FleeganSchmeeganWorfleTaggern. That’s a long name and we just call it Fleegies for short. But,

another cookie that is made in the world you live in is called Snickerdoodles. I think I mostly like

it because it makes me laugh every time I say it.

63. What is your favorite kind of music? We have a wonderful radio station at The North Pole with

the call letters WRAP. Any music they play on that station is called Wrap music. That’s the

favorite music for all of the elves when they are wrapping presents. HOHOHO!!!

toy I ever made was the first toy I ever made. It was a doll that I carved for a little girl elf.

66. What is your favorite possession? Wow, that’s a really tough question. I guess the favorite thing

I own would be my walking stick. It’s not too tall and not too short. It’s made from the arctic

willow that is an endangered tree here at The North Pole. There are only a few of them left and

the only way we can use the wood is if it falls to the ground from the tree. It is absolutely

beautiful when the bark is stripped from it and it is shined up. I have it with me. Would you like

to see it?

67. What is your real name? Wow, I have many names in different places around the world, such

as: Sinter Class, Weinachtsmann, Saint Nicholas, Ded Moroz and Papa Noel. But at The North

Pole if they are not just calling me Santa, they call my Kris Kringle. That’s the name my parents

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69. What presents do you ever get yourself? Often the elves give me presents at Christmas. Usually

they are something they made themselves. Giving presents is much easier than receiving them.

Although, there is joy in both. I guess my favorite gift was given to me by Mrs. Claus. It is an

electric reclining chair that I can sit and relax in after a hard night’s ride around the world.

70. What should I leave for you to eat at my house? You can leave pretty much anything you want,

but if you want to really please me, leave me some warm cookies and cold milk. Sometimes, I

like hot cocoa to dunk the cookies in. It really depends on the temperature around where you

live. If you are in the hot tropical areas, a little ice cream is also nice.

to make it through the next day. So, I usually control when I go to bed, myself. However, on

Christmas Eve, I don’t get to go to bed for nearly 40 hours straight. That makes for a long night

unless I use blue fairy dust and make time stop for a while, which I do, every once in a while.

73. What was the first toy you ever made? It was a doll that I carved for a little girl elf. I named the

doll ‘Toy’ because the elf’s name was Yot (toy backwards). In fact, that is where the word toy

came from. She still has it and I get to see it pretty much every year.

74. What was your favorite year? Every year is pretty special to me. I’ve been around for 468 of

them so they all mean a lot to me. But, I guess I have to say that NEXT year is always my favorite

one. Because, I’m always planning for the next one right after Christmas is over.

75. What was your most embarrassing moment? One year I was delivering the last toy in the bag

76. Where do the elves come from? Elves come from all the different countries of the world. One of

the things they learn in Elf College is the ELF language, so it can be the common language of The

North Pole. They all have mothers and fathers, just like you. They have worked hard to earn the

right to be an elf at The North Pole.

77. Where do you go for vacation? Sometimes, I go to the beach, but usually I like to vacation in the

mountains. I don’t have much time for vacations, because there is so much to do to get ready

for the next Christmas.

78. When did you and Mrs. Claus get married? We got married 448 years ago. I remember the day

very well. It was right after Christmas on December 28. My great grandfather was still Santa

Claus at that time, just before he retired. It was a beautiful day and all my family was there. My

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79. Where are the reindeer now? I certainly hope they are still up at The North Pole getting ready

for the wild ride on Christmas Eve. They have a hard job to do on that night, flying at the SPEED

OF MAGIC. If you are wondering how I got here to see you. Well, the reindeer only fly on

Christmas Eve, so they couldn’t come. I had to take a dog sled to the closest airport in Norway

and then get on a jumbo jet and fly to the airport. From the airport, I picked up my local truck

that is parked in a special hangar guarded by some of the strongest elves we have. I drove here

just to see you. It is my pleasure. Would you like to see my truck?

80. Where do you get your red suits? Mrs. Claus made some of the and others were made in The

82. Who is your favorite reindeer? There’s no question about this, I don’t even have to think about

it. Rudolph is my favorite reindeer. He was treated very roughly by all the other reindeer when

he was just starting out, but is essential to getting things done on Christmas Eve.

83. Where do you get your red suits? Mrs. Claus made some of the and others were made in The

North Pole Seamstress Shop. I have quite a few of them, because I do a lot of different things.

Usually they ARE red. But, I also have green ones and blue ones and purple ones. I wear

different colors depending on what country I am visiting.

84. Where were you born? I was born in Lexington, Kentucky, USA because that’s where my mother

was. My dad and she were preparing for their Christmas season before they retired and were

visiting some children there.

their garden and visit with all of their descendants.

87. Who are all those people dressed like Santa at the mall? Some of them are my brothers. I have

lots of brothers and cousins that often appear all around the world at the same time. They

represent me and do a very good job of it. I have a huge family. Also, some of them are just

friends who know that I need lots of help and go out since I can’t be everywhere at the same

time.

88. Why did you bring me something that I didn't ask for? Sometimes children don’t really know

what they want and just see a photo in a magazine or catalog and decide they want that. If I

didn’t bring you what you asked for, maybe one of the elves, perhaps it was your own elf told

me you would like something else better. I usually listen to what the elves say, because they

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making money, they told us that it was against the law and we stopped. We make toys at the

village and that is what we stick to. That is what we are good at. The only thing I have that I can

give out are some fake $Million bills that are given as a joke.

90. Why do all the other reindeer pick on Rudolph? Rudolph was different as a young reindeer. He

was very innocent and even then, others started picking on him. It hurts to be picked on, doesn’t

it? Then, when his nose, in fact his entire body turned red because he ate a whole bag of red

fairy dust, that just made him more different. But, they don’t pick on him anymore, do they?

And, why is that? That’s right, because he saved Christmas with his bright and shining nose on a

probably would still work in the toy making line then, though.

92. Why do presents from you have writing like my Moms? Oh, my! I have all sorts of elves and

people that help to wrap the presents that I bring. Some of them are wrapped before being put

in the bag, but some would be too awkward to handle if they were wrapped. And, some are just

too big to wrap. Those, we usually put a big red bow on. I have to enlist the help of moms and

dads and others to write out some of the tags on the presents. If the elves and I did everything,

we would never get it all delivered in time.

93. Why do the reindeer pull your sleigh? I tried to pull the sleigh myself once. It was way too

heavy for me. Then we tried to pull it with a hundred elves and even then, it wouldn’t budge

when fully loaded. We found that the reindeer were specially gifted for both flying and pulling,

barren faraway place and found that The North Pole satisfied our needs. They built the entire

village under the ground and ice and made a wonderful home for my family and all the elves.

95. Why do you only come if I'm asleep? One of the rules, as Santa, that I have was handed down

to me from many many years ago. Christmas presents are supposed to be surprises. If you were

awake when I delivered them, part of the surprise of waking to find all the presents under the

tree would be missing. So, I wait until I know you are asleep and then deliver. I’m sure that some

of your friends are asleep before you are, so I go to their houses first and then to yours, later.

96. Why do you wear a red suit? I only wear the red suit in the United States or other places that

like that look. In some countries, I wear blue, green, yellow or purple. I love all the colors.

Usually the colors are bright and bold so that if I fall out of the sleigh and down into the snow