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8/3/2019 Infographic: Santa's workshop
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IN MINUTES News and events — visually
Santa’s secret workshopQMI Agency recently spent time with reclusive do-gooder Santa Claus at his isolated North
Pole retreat. It was a discreet mission to uncover all we could about the secretive North Polefacilities and some little-known facts about the jolly old man himself.
SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGR APHIC BY LINDSAY OUELLETTE/QMI AGENCYSources: Thane Burnett
The North Pole wasnot his first choice for a
secret factory lair. Heoriginally set up shop in
Florida, but found theelves kept calling in sick
to go surfing.
Temperature: around-30C, but can dipcolder than -42C.
Since the North Poleis actually in shifting
ice in the ArcticOcean, the complex
floats.
A special security detailkeeps track of Russian
manned ice-stations set upnear the North Pole, as wellas tourists who fly in. Thevillage remains shielded
through unspecifiedtechnology that involves
mirrors and popcorn.
What you never knew about Santa:• Santa brings back much of the milkand cookies left out for him atChristmas and freezes it to get himthrough another year. (So pleasedon’t skimp on what you leave out forhim — he will eventually eat all of it.)
• Santa has to replace that sleighafter each use.
• Santa is the largest purchaser ofelectronic components and sugar inthe world.
• Santa employs a small legal team,who once urged him to suecompanies and Hollywood produc-tions that use his image withoutpermission. But Santa cannot showup in any court.
• “We can get a pretty good idea justthrough scrolling Facebook onwhether or not kids have been goodor bad,” Santa admits.
• Santa showed us what he’sprepared to leave you for Christmas.You might want to take thosepictures down from your Facebookpage.
About 150,000litres of hotchocolate isconsumed eachyear.
· Reindeerpoop is usedto help growcrops for elffood.
Since time zones are dictated bylongitude, clocks at Santa’sVillage always stay at midnight.
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Chocolatefactory
Candy canefactory
Gingerbreadbakeryfactory
Snowballfactory
Christmastreats cafe
Seamstressfor elf outfits Post
oceToy
shop
Skis andtoboggan
shop
They also track polar
bears, after theincident centuries agowith ‘Merv the reindeerthat went out to pee,but never came back.’
Elves reportto Mrs. Claus,
rather thandirectly to the
big guy.
Santa’s villageis actually
more like anaircraft car-rier. It’s one
facility that’sall connectedunder the ice.The tiny shops
and stablesabove are
mainly just forshow andhouse anyoperationsthat do notneed to be
kept secret.
And additional 85 elves lookafter running the facility,tending to Santa andMrs. Claus and operatingthe vast computer systems.
All eleves are required tohave a PHD (PremiumHoliday Degree).
The complex wasonce home to
1,500 elves, butthanks to
outsourcing androbotics, only 22are now needed
for toyproduction.
Computer IT
Command andcontrol
Green houseIce-to-waterpurification
system
Vet clinic and
hospital
Animal quarters
Store-housing for
toys
Factory floorRadar stationResearch and
development labs
Hall of records to track incidents of goodand bad in about 91.8 million homes