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PACK MY SLEIGH, 1M OFF 70 MIDLAND f mt ia i Kh NI if iil Uv fi Wie a EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Newspaper gets the inside story from Santa before he visits Midland by PAUL SANDERSON By special arrangement with the North Pole Christmas Council, "The Midland Times" ob- tained an exclusive telephone interview via satellite with Santa Claus over the weekend. TIMES: Mr. Claus, I've been sitting on your lap with mv Christmas list for almost 30 years now. You never seem to get any older - how do you do it? SANTA: HO-HO-HO young fella. Please call me Santa. If you knew that you were loved by over six billion children around the world, you too would feel as young as I do. TIMES: With the world's population explosion, doesn't it take longer and longer every year to do your route? SANTA: Longer you say? HO-HO-HO! Those new high-rise apartments are great. I can visit 200 Christmas trees in just one stop! TIMES: How much computerized navigation equipment will you be using in the sleigh this year? SANTA: We'll never need a computer on Christmas Eve. Even without Rudolph's famous red nose to follow, HO-HO-HO, I still have eight reindeer who already know the way. TIMES: Where is the sleigh now? SANTA: Well, the old sleigh is still up on blocks with mothballs under the seat, but we're taking her out, HO-HO-HO, for a test run Saturday, Dec. 1 in the Midland Santa Claus Parade. TIMES: You must get tired of cookies and milk by the time you're at the last house on your list. SANTA: HO-HO-HO, not at all! For the last couple of years more and more children have been leaving me an apple or an orange and a Diet Coke. I like that stuff too you know. TIMES: Tell me Santa, how have toys changed since you first got the job as Father Christmas? TIMES: Is that because there's more kids? SANTA: Ohno! HO-HO-HO. It's the batteries! The batteries that most toys use nowadays are so heavy that I was thinking of adding another reindeer to help carry the load. HO-HO-HO! I really don't mind the extra work though, because any child would be disappointed on Christmas morning without the batteries to run his or her favourite present. TIMES: How do you stay in shape during the off- season Santa, so you can carry that huge sack every Christmas? SANTA: Wellson, HO-HO-HO, we're into aerobics in a big way up at the North Pole. My favourite exercise is when me and Mrs. Claus get together with a few of the local snowmen and challenge the elves to a basketball game. I really like that, because the elves are so short, HO-HO-HO, we always win! TIMES: I know you're in shape Santa, because you get the job done in record time every year. 'Bul, surely you must feel exhausted when you climb out of that last chimney early Christmas morning? SANTA: HO-HO-HO, that's a silly question. When I'm heading north, after visiting the homes of all the boys and girls in the world, I feel like I'm going to a party. TIMES: A party? Whose party? SANTA: From way up in the sky, the earth looks like a big round frosted cake. The sun that comes up over the horizon to my right every Christmas morning reminds me of a birthday candle for that cake. And of course Christmas is a birthday arty, because it's the day baby Jesus was born in ethlehem, a long time ago. TIMES: Thank-you Santa...just one last question. What do you want for Christmas? SANTA: HO-HO-HO! Young fella, it's the same "Ege ices: list a eiheles have been donated by members of MIDLAND Town Centre for the auction sale to be held Jan. 7th, 1985, at the Midland Civic Centre Save all your Cash Register receipts up until Dec. 24, 1984 -- thing every year. SANTA: That's an easy one to answer! Every year the old red sack gets heavier and heavier. TIMES: And what is that? SANTA: Peace on earth, goodwill towards men. THERE'S STILL TIME TO RE-DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS! 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