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Santa Claus has decided to get with the and make several key changes to how he operates. Press reports say he will start to the latest technology in the manufacture and delivery of his gifts and create better working for his reindeers and elves. He will also concentrate getting in better shape and trimming his bulging . Santa has come under pressure from Internet stores in recent years and is finding it increasingly difficult to . Many children are sending their Christmas lists to sites like Amazon.com instead of writing to him. His workshop has also to keep up with the latest cutting- production methods used in digital toys and games.

Santa's nine reindeer and group of elves will now all work fewer hours. There have been for centuries about making them work over the Christmas period and fly around the world all night. The elves will now a brand-new, state-of-the-art, gift-making at Santa’s workshop. This will reduce their working load to just one hour a day. In another technological revolution, Santa's sleigh will be by a new environmentally-friendly fuel. Animal rights will be happy that Rudolph and his helpers will now sit in the sleigh instead of it. These changes also mean Santa will have more time to working out at his North Pole gym and a few kilos.

 


 
 

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