Santa Claus is coming to town,and in these uncertain times, he's being offered a jet fighter escort

Santa will begin his journey at 3:00 a.m. EST. Dec 24th, there will be two CF-18 Hornet interceptors based out of Quebec, that will be on stand by to meet Santa and his air party as he is expected to cross into Canadian air space over eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, there will be another pair of war planes based out of Alberta that will see Santa across the west coast presumably en route to Asia, the statement said.



I think it �s nice to see a bit of fun for the little ones of this world, NORAD has been tracking Santa and his reindeer cronies across the night sky�s for 50 years now, ever since a Colorado newspaper mistakenly printed a phone number for a �Santa Hotline� the number turned out to be the �Operations Hotline� for NORAD. Military personal on duty at the time where very surprised to hear small children�s voices asking to speak to Santa.


Related News Links:

www.noradsanta.org...


[edit on 19/12/2004 by Sauron]

2 F-18 Hornets! Thats funny! Your right, its nice to be having a little levity during these times we are in. Good find

Phew am I glad he is getting an escort. Great to see the air force is not overly PC as the stores radio stations are.

Oh, gimme a break!

Listen up kiddies: Santa. Does. Not. Exist.

Why are people going out of their way to perpetuate this Santa Claus lie? Why are we LYING to our kids?

And we get on the gummint for lying.

How belief in Santa can be harmful (Link primarily for professing Christians...if you're not a Christian it's not going to mean a whole lot)

Not to be a spoilsport, but I'm getting pretty fed up with this nonsense. Someone actually told me that I was mean because I was not going to feed my 3-year-old the Santa Claus lie (we don't even observe Xmas due to pagan origins). I fired back, "Well, it's mean to LIE to your kids!" Shut that person right up!

[edit on 12/21/2004 by Amethyst]

Originally posted by Amethyst
Oh, gimme a break!

Listen up kiddies: Santa. Does. Not. Exist.

NNNOOOOOOOOOO! IT CANT BEEEEEE!

Well I guess we know who the Grinch is now Just kidding Amethyst, you know we love ya. Even if you deny the truthSanta is REAL DAMMIT!

I actually have it on rather good authority that two Raptors will also be escorting Santa, at least while over the US. Unfortunately, Santa's time differential will leave openings in the coverage. Of course, should terrorists master Santa's time methods, we'd all have more concerns than missing presents under the tree....

This thread is going to end up with Santa having the entire US military backing him for his yearly rounds

Originally posted by Amethyst
Oh, gimme a break!

Listen up kiddies: Santa. Does. Not. Exist.

aCk!



Look here, please... (MIB flashy thing)
What you just saw was some light from Venus reflecting off some swamp gas... Santa is real, and he's watching you... now forget you were ever here. (/MIB flashy thing)




[edit on 12/21/2004 by thelibra]

Hah Escort.

People face the truth:
Santa is Karl Marx, an evil Agent of communism.

Evidence:

1. He has a Beard like Karl Marx (www.econ.duke.edu...)
   
2. He wears RED clothes
   
3. He lives where it is cold
   
4. He gives away presents for FREE(only commies do that)
   

That is no escort. They do not want him to land!


[edit on 21/12/04 by tsuribito]

Yeah I agree with tsuribito. Santa is the newest Red threat. I may not have any SAMs, but I will do my best to shoot him down. After all who wants a perverted old Commie leaving toys (or potential mind control devices) for our children to play with?

So I ask my fellow truth seekers to join me on rooftops all across the globe. Grab a rifle or something and shoot at everything you see flying on Christmas Eve. Please remmember, It's for the good of the children.

Aren't the Hornets too slow to keep up with Santa's sleigh? My guess is that this very article is a conspiracy... the government is OBVIOUSLY going to use a hypersonic craft like the 'Aurora' to follow Santa. Perhaps even the infamous 'big black triangles'?

Yeah, I'm sure some Muslim terrorists want to hijack Santa's sleigh and run it into the workshop at the North Pole.

They're not gonna do that! They'd get coal in their stockings!

BTW those fighters would have to be going warp speed to escort Santa...when you figure how many homes he's supposed to visit in one night.

My son gets presents year-round and his birthday was 5 days ago.

Originally posted by Amethyst


My son gets presents year-round and his birthday was 5 days ago.

Im in the same boat. My daughters Birthday is December 29th. Lots of presents

Originally posted by Amethyst
Oh, gimme a break!

Listen up kiddies: Santa. Does. Not. Exist.

It CAN'T be true, it CAN'T be.
Who's been eating all the cookie that have been left out for Santa????

Originally posted by DontTreadOnMe

Originally posted by Amethyst
Oh, gimme a break!

Listen up kiddies: Santa. Does. Not. Exist.

It CAN'T be true, it CAN'T be.
Who's been eating all the cookie that have been left out for Santa????

I know it was my mom. Funny how Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy all liked to forge my mom's handwriting--I figured this out in kindergarten!

Seriously, we don't observe Xmas and we're a Christian family. I know it sounds weird but if you read Jeremiah 10:1-5 you have an explanation.

My son won't be deprived. As I pointed out in a previous post, he gets toys on impulse every so often, and he gets things for his birthday (he just turned 3).

We don't have a Xmas tree or anything here. Just another day for us.

Originally posted by Amethyst
Oh, gimme a break!

Hmmm someone is getting a lump of coal in thier stocking for sure.

Originally posted by FredT

Originally posted by Amethyst
Oh, gimme a break!

Hmmm someone is getting a lump of coal in thier stocking for sure.

LOL I don't have a stocking.

I'm not trying to be a spoilsport, I'm just sick of hearing about Santa. And I'm tired of people who think I'm mean and depriving my child just because he doesn't have a whole motherlode of toys and doesn't get another load at Xmas. My relatives send my son toys quite a bit all the time. He has too many to begin with.

This time my mother sent him clothes for his birthday.

Originally posted by Amethyst
Yeah, I'm sure some Muslim terrorists want to hijack Santa's sleigh and run it into the workshop at the North Pole.

They're not gonna do that! They'd get coal in their stockings!

What if santa DID get hijacked??
would they hesitate to shoot down his sleigh?

come on people, keep with the times, its the 21st century, Santa flies in luxery.



Here's his ride for some middle-east countries.


[edit on 22-12-2004 by Murcielago]

I agree with amethyst, we should not lie to children by telling them things like "A big fat men wearing red leaves presents if your good", or "A magical fairy leaves money for teethy."
I stopped believing in the easter bunny the tooth fairy and the Tuto (Spanish boogieman) when I was 7, santa when I was 9 and almost all my life I've never believed in the Judeochristian god.
On a side note maybe santa uses a time stopping machine.