Dear children

I have been unable to provide you with Christmas gifts, but your seasonal goodwill is important to us. You now have three options: 1: Arrange for delivery in the new year. 2: Exchange them for exclusive Santa Claus vouchers. 3: Cancel and get your parents’ money back.

This year is a challenging year for everyone, including my assistant and me in the remote workshop. Although elves, flying reindeer and saints have natural immunity to the coronavirus, we strictly abide by all lockdown measures. If there are photos of us drinking and eating cheese fondue, please note that this is a work meeting and I am wearing a red and white uniform.

As you know, I am a pioneer in direct-to-consumer business, unhindered by traditional assets. When others rent outlets in shopping malls and occupy large stores, I operate in a fabulous fulfillment center with a magical advanced logistics and air deer delivery network.

However, when I tried to stay happy and bring hope to others, we encountered a perfect blizzard of supply chain problems, resulting in a backlog of gift manufacturing, packaging and distribution. Anticipating this, I reacted very early and rented my own container ship from China, but they were forced to bypass the Arctic Circle for a few months, waiting to dock.

Due to climate change, the old workshop is floating on the iceberg, and we are already facing delays in the construction of the new workshop. Since the “make Christmas great again” policy imposes a ceiling on the permits of elves, it is difficult to recruit a sufficient number of seasonal workers.

The soaring prices of high-end timber used to build our new facilities have exacerbated this situation. We installed triple-glazed windows and heat pumps to ensure the future development of the grotto, but when our energy supplier closed down, we had to roast chestnuts over an open flame to keep it warm.

Production difficulties also delayed the delivery of my new flying sled. Curled up comfortably on the bed, imagine that I took the polar route to your home. You might think it is a simple machine with few parts, mainly made of wood, but the advancement of technology is even beyond your imagination.

Last year, I ordered an automatic flight model, which allows me to sleep peacefully on the ship while crossing the continent, thereby achieving higher gift-giving efficiency without violating the driving time limit. Unfortunately, it requires a lot of sensors and computer chips, but there is a shortage in the factory.

To make matters worse, I chose to upgrade the food consumed by the reindeer this year. They traditionally eat grass and ferns, but I worked hard to raise my environmental standards and rashly replaced their pastures with an experimental mixture of synthetic moss. This makes my reindeer anxious about how far they can fly without refueling.

Unfortunately, I have to report another matter. Like other happy old people, I enjoyed various white Christmas privileges, but these privileges were suddenly suspended earlier this year, pending external investigation. I still believe that my priority sled landing position, which allows me to fly over low-traffic communities at night, will be restored before the next Christmas.

Despite these misfortunes, you will be happy to hear that I managed to reach your roof on time, with a bunch of beautiful gifts. Unfortunately, I later discovered that your parents had installed a firewood with a narrow flue, which made it impossible to shake the last 10 meters-the chimney was tight enough.

My reindeer is dragging the sleigh back and forth across your street, hopefully looking for a charity neighbor to leave a package. We found that all doors were locked because the spread of Omicron forced many people to be isolated. Even the good king Wenceslas is subject to secondary restrictions.

In short, we have a cold, especially me. I fully understand the disappointment you may feel and want to assure you that I will spare no effort to exceed your expectations in the future. Although I am the monopolist of gift giving, it will always be the first day at Santa Inc.

Please choose from these three options. At the same time, I also minted a series of irreplaceable reindeer image tokens for the whole family to enjoy virtually. Rudolphs with red noses and flashing antlers are rare, and it is easy to regain gifts when you are tired of them.

Your apologies,

Santa Claus

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