Calm down everyone we weren't taking the sleigh without Santas permission. My Lord he is old he takes his night time meds and falls asleep. We were testing the sleigh for the BIG night. Someone has to maintain it. Do you think we could test drive it during the day when it is light out? Does Santa deliver the pressies when the children are up??????? No he does it at night in the dark. We had to make sure that the reindeer could go high enough to clear the buildings and houses as they fly. Could you just picture the news.......unidentified flying object over parts of the US if the testing was done during the day light hours? Or what about some little children seeing it up in the sky during the day that would confuse them. Yes Santa was sleeping but Santa did know. Now on Christmas Eve Santa won't take his meds he will be brighted eyed and bushy tailed so he could deliver all the pressies to all the boys and girls. Haven't you ever seen pictures of Santa on Christmas morning all snuggled in a chair by the fireplace SOUND asleep. He sleeps for 12 days after that. Didn't you ever hear of the 12 days of Christmas??????? That is from Christmas day until Jan 6 which is the Epiphany or Little Christmas. In some parts of the world presents are not given on Christmas day it is celebrated as the birth of Christ and rightly so. Those countries get gifts on Little Christmas/Epiphany. The Epiphany is the day that the Wisemen found Jesus sleeping in the manger just as the Wisemen gave gifts to baby Jesus. Santa has to do a second present run for all of those countries who get pressies on Little Christmas Jan 6 and not on Christmas Dec 25.
So all of you who are complaining and giving advice of call the police or hide in the barn Santa asked us to test the sleigh so...........back off buckos you are making fools of yourselves.