Gifts were purchased for more than 900 children, youth and families — encompassing everyone who requested gifts through the Santa's Sleigh program. 

Every Christmas Eve, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) deploys its cutting-edge technologies to track Santa's movements as he scrambles to deliver presents to kids around the world.

Andrew Hebda, a zoologist at the Nova Scotia Museum, says it's most likely that Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and the rest of the team pulling Santa's sleigh are all female.