WINNIPEG – Canada Post was once the only way to get your wish list to Santa Claus, but in the 21st century, St. Nick has never had so many lines of communication open to the hopeful kids of the world.
On Wednesday, students at John M. King school had some one-on-one time talking to the man in red with the help of the army reserve’s 38 Canadian Brigade.
“He sounds like Santa,” Ilene told Global News when asked what the experience was like.
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“(It) was kind of weird and kind of funny, because people heard me,” Reanna said.
Army radio transmissions aren’t the only way tech savvy kids are reaching the jolly old man.
Santa reads email and he can be messaged on Facebook and followed on Twitter.
And as of Wednesday morning, you can track Santa’s Christmas Eve journey around the world on both NORAD‘s Santa tracker and a new Google version that uses different technology.
David Guspodarchuk is a social media expert with Fresh Traffic Group. He told Global News Santa has always been on the cusp of technology so he’s not surprised the traditional man has jumped on the social media circuit.
“I think Santa had no choice, actually. He had to hire a lot more tech-savvy elves to keep up-to-date with how kids nowadays will try to communicate with him,” he said.
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