//The Wire//Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024//
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//BLUF: SANTA DEPARTS NORTH POLE FOR HIS ANNUAL TRIP AROUND THE WORLD.//
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-International Events-
Greenland: This afternoon US military forces stationed at Pituffik Space Base detected Santa’s sleigh as he departed the North Pole this evening. Due to Santa’s extreme speed, Canada picked Santa up on radar a few moments later, as he flew south over the Arctic Circle.
New Jersey: Santa has been given special clearance to fly through the no-fly-zones, to carry out his mission of delivering toys to all the good children around the world.
As a reminder, Santa cannot deliver presents to children who are still awake, so it would be a good idea to go to sleep a little early tonight, just in case. But before bedtime, those who wish to track Santa as he continues on his journey can do so at the website: www.noradsanta.org
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Analyst Comments: Regular reporting will resume after the holiday, on December 27th. May everyone around the world have a Merry Christmas, celebrating Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!
Analyst: S2A1
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Merry Christmas 🎄- The tallest Christmas tree in the world broke records in 1950, reaching a height of 65 meters (212 feet) weighed approximately 50,000 pounds, it hosted over 3600 lights and at the time the cost of this tree was estimated $27,000.

Christmas Drawing
by Thomas Nast

"There was very little firing - practically none at all. A friend of mine who was in business with a German firm in London assured me there would be no firing at all at Christmas. Of course as you can believe I rather laughed at the idea. However towards midnight the fun began. First they started lighting huge bonfires just behind the trenches and then began the carols. My word they can sing too! I was on guard from 10 to 12 with Bill Perplatt and we had a time listening to them. They were accompanied by brass bands. But the greatest surprise came on Christmas just before we went down to breakfast, and when the day came and we were back at the breastworks, the Germans had come out of their trenches. Both English and Germans were chatting together behind the trenches, smoking, and exchanging cigarettes and cigars. Of course most of us went up to see the fun. We hardly believed it. However it was true enough."

Sunday Times (1915). The Christmas Truce: An Extraordinarily Nice Crowd, Feb 14. p. 1.

Fact: The majority of martyrs in the Roman Martryology are Roman soldiers.

Back when Britain was Catholic