#santa update

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Apologies for the lack of updates, I'll be honest I am barely staying awake. Let's do a quick stat check!

Currently in 1st place, NORAD Santa has passed 750 million gifts delivered already!

Google Santa, meanwhile, has delivered 180 million. But we all know they'll catch up later.

Fusible Santa Tracker, as to be expected, is trailing behind in gifts given, coming in at about 14.5 million

Santa Update, from what we can tell, is only concerned with the route. Who knows how many deliveries he might make?

The Santa Tracker does not give, only takes. He has eaten over 26 million cookies, across 63 million homes.

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When I first introduced Santa Update, I said it felt like every asset was taken from a different place. But I feel like you really should scroll through the page introducing all the elves yourself

I mean look at this

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All Santas have been in the air for at least 12 hours. Halftime status update!

Google Santa's lead is steadily shrinking, but it's still there with 4.8 billion gifts delivered! As I type this, he is heading to Nuremberg, Germany.

As I mentioned, NORAD Santa is catching up, now at 4.2 billion! He is currently heading to Kiffa, Mauritania

Our favorite(?) Santa, The Santa Tracker, is already visiting the UK, currently going to Scotland. I suspect he did not do a great job covering Africa, but it's harder to track past locations with him. Of the roughly 230 million houses he's visited, at most only 183 million have left him anything to consume (97 million cookies, 85 million milk). I think he deserves this.

Fusible Santa, sure enough, has passed the 1 billion presents mark! And only 27,000 cookies eaten. Currently in Belgium, and his route during this phase baffles me, why does he put off so much of Africa for so long?

Santa Update: last seen over Tunisia. And as always, I feel we should call out his lack of sightings in Africa. If he can stop almost 20 times in Australia, he can spare more than at most one per country here.

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Time for another check-in!

Google Santa still holds the lead at 4.3 billion, nearly a billion more than 2nd place! He's currently on his way to Alexandria, Egypt. When I checked in I saw the live feed picture of him being pulled over, ACAB.

NORAD Santa maintains 2nd at 3.5 billion! I mean we already know one of these two is winning, but still hard to say which! At time of writing, he is on his way to Abuja, Nigeria.

Also in Nigeria, The Santa Tracker Santa is approaching 200 million homes visited! He has also eaten nearly 84 million cookies and drank 73 million glasses of milk.

Currently in Basra, Iraq, Fusible Santa has just reached 845 million gifts delivered! Will they pass 1 billion by next check-in? One way to find out!

Santa Update was last seen off the coast of Somalia, still no stats to record. I noticed they have a way to inform Santa if you have traditions that have you stay up late, should I send one about this?

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FINAL TOTALS

All of our Santa Trackers have confirmed he is back in the North Pole, which means it's time we look at everyone.

5. Santa Update never gave us any numerical marker of his progress. Perhaps the elves like to keep an air of mystery around the true Santa. Maybe they're covering up incompetence. Whatever the case, he is our lowest scorer.

4. The Santa Tracker comes from nothing, and to nothing he returns. When he returned to the North Pole, all data was wiped. I have no way of knowing the final total.

3. Fusible Santa has returned to his cozy village I had so rudely joked about before, having delivered a final total of 3,146,949,802 presents, and eaten 410,319 cookies along the way.

2. Google Santa, in his voyage over 342,837 kilometers, delivered a grand total of 7.7 billion gifts exactly.

Our reigning champion, NORAD Santa, holds his title, delivering a final total of 8,186,671,107 presents.

Merry Christmas, one and all!

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I may be losing steam, but the Santas sure aren't! Time for a status report!

Google Santa stands at an astonishing 6.4 billion presents delivered, currently heading to Grenada as I type this. Will he reclaim the title back from NORAD? Only one way to find out!

NORAD Santa isn't too far behind, however, with 5.6 billion. At time of reporting, he last touched down in the Dominican Republic. There really isn't much Christmas Eve left at this point!

The Santa (from The Santa Tracker) is on his way to Peru! From the nearly 300 million homes he has visited, he has eaten over 126 million cookies, and drank 110 million glasses of milk! Is it worth leaving those out for the other Santas if it carries the risk he'll be the one to claim them?

Fusible Santa Tracker is currently in Argentina, having delivered 1.6 billion presents. At this rate there's no chance for him to take home the title, but I feel like if any Santa deserves a moral victory it's him.

Santa Update: it looks like our sources from the North Pole are saying this might be when Santa takes his visit to the South Pole!

I can't promise a midnight post, so I may go quiet until the final tally. If that's the case, thank you for joining us today!

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The Santa Tracker, despite having not left the North Pole yet, has already eaten over 2 million sets of cookies and milk. He sickens me.

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Night falls, but we aren't done yet. Time for another stat update

Google Santa Tracker still holds the lead in terms of presents delivered, at nearly 5.5 billion. He's currently closing in on Portugal, not much of Europe left!

NORAD Santa, meanwhile, has already crossed the Atlantic! At 4.9 billion presents delivered, he's currently approaching Asunción, Paraguay.

The Santa Tracker is just now arriving in Argentina himself, being the 2nd to make it to South America. At over 250 million homes visited, 112 million cookies eaten, and 98 million glasses of milk drank, he sure is doing whatever it is he does!

Fusible Santa is just a hair ahead of Santa on his route thanks to his teleportation, having just arrived in Portugal. Maybe a chance to pump up his 1.09 billion presents before he gets there. No such luck boosting his 31 thousand cookies eaten.

Santa Update reports he was recently in England. Still no numbers to report, sorry.