Santa has arrived in New Zealand on the Google tracker. I learn yesterday that he left from time zone "whatever." He's already gone through the North Pacific Ocean to stop somewhere in northern Russia with a substantially long name, and then headed to New Zealand. So far he has delivered 21, 627,876 gifts.
The Official NORAD Tracker says that Santa will be tracked starting in 5 minutes, 24 seconds. He seems to be a little later than Google's tracker. NORAD is using New Zealand time.
Considering time zones, the first place he would land with a time zone-oriented trip is Samoa and Christmas Island/Kirbati, then the Chatham Islands/New Zealand. That's where one goes to enjoy the first new year's celebration.
The NORAD tracker has Santa already delivering gifts, and he's stopping in Novoye Chaplino Russia. Off he goes!
Is it ok to say Season's Greetings instead of Merry Christmas? We are in the experiential age, so you can go to debate.org to voice your opinion. It is HERE. I went to grammarly.com to find out about the social uses of language. They say that "Happy Holidays" is accepted as the broadest and most inclusive greeting.
If we ask the question of dictionary.com we find out that "Happy Holidays" is in jeopardy as it has taken on a negative tone with the "war on Christmas" - I made a side-trip to rationalwiki.org to find out about this conspiracy theory - it has been around for decades. It's gotten bigger recently, so poor "Happy Holidays" is trending downward.
I continued on the question of Season's Greetings. At dictionary.com is the discussion of "Season's Greetings" vs "Seasons' Greetings" - they go with "Season's Greetings". And they indicate it is interchangeable with Happy Holidays, but don't mention the "war".
So checking in with NORAD on Santa's journey, the site is very entertaining. You can rotate the earth as a sphere, and see the real shape of the continents. He's now delivered more than 115,000,000 gifts. I wondered about the comparison with Google's tracker - you can compare and contrast HERE.
Another Season's Greetings image today. Nothing like tobogganing to say Winter.
