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8/3/2019 Santa's secret workshop
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SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOG RAPHIC BY LINDSAY OUELLETTE/ QMI AGENCY
Santa’s secret workshop
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Sources: Thane Burnett
IN MINUTES News and events — visually
QMI Agency recently spent time with reclusive do-gooder Santa Claus at his isolated North Pole retreat. It was a discreet mission touncover all we could about the secretive North Pole facilities and some little-known facts about the jolly old man himself.Since time zones are dictated by
longitude, clocks at Santa’sVillage always stay at midnight.
Chocolatefactory
Candy canefactory
Gingerbreadbakeryfactory
Snowballfactory
Christmastreats cafe
Seamstressfor elf outfits Post
oce
Toyshop
Skis andtoboggan
shop
They also track polarbears, after theincident centuries agowith ‘Merv the reindeerthat went out to pee,but never came back.’
Elves reportto Mrs. Claus,
rather thandirectly to the
big guy.
Santa’s village isactually more likean aircraft carrier.
It’s one facilitythat’s all con-
nected under theice. The tiny shopsand stables aboveare mainly just for
show and houseany operations
that do not needto be kept secret.
Computer IT
Command andcontrol
Green houseIce-to-waterpurification
system
Vet clinic andhospital
Animal quarters
Store-housing fortoys
Factory floorRadar stationResearch anddevelopment labs
Hall of records to track incidents of goodand bad in about 91.8 million homes
The complex wasonce home to
1,500 elves, butthanks to
outsourcing androbotics, only 22are now needed
for toyproduction.
A special security detailkeeps track of Russian
manned ice-stations setup near the North Pole,as well as tourists who
fly in. The village remainsshielded through
unspecified technologythat involves mirrors and
popcorn.
And additional 85 elves lookafter running the facility,tending to Santa andMrs. Claus and operatingthe vast computer systems.
All eleves are required tohave a PHD (PremiumHoliday Degree).
The North Pole wasnot his first choice for a
secret factory lair. Heoriginally set up shop in
Florida, but found theelves kept calling in sick
to go surfing.
Temperature: around-30C, but can dipcolder than -42C.
Since the North Poleis actually in shifting
ice in the ArcticOcean, the complex
floats.
· Reindeer poop is used to helpgrow crops for elf food.
What you never knew about Santa:• Santa brings back much of the milkand cookies left out for him atChristmas and freezes it to get himthrough another year. (So pleasedon’t skimp on what you leave out forhim — he will eventually eat all of it.)
• Santa has to replace that sleighafter each use.
• Santa is the largest purchaser ofelectronic components and sugar inthe world.
• Santa employs a small legal team,who once urged him to suecompanies and Hollywoodproductions that use his imagewithout permission. But Santacannot show up in any court.
• “We can get a pretty good idea justthrough scrolling Facebook onwhether or not kids have been goodor bad,” Santa admits.
• Santa showed us what he’sprepared to leave you for Christmas.You might want to take thosepictures down from your Facebookpage.
About 150,000litres of hotchocolate isconsumed eachyear.