Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast.

Today is Monday, December the 26th, 2022.

I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim

Denison.

More than one million Americans and Canadians were without power over the weekend as a quote-unquote bomb cyclone

wrecked havoc with snow, strong winds, and freezing temperatures that affected nearly 250 million people.

But I'm happy to report that Santa Claus was not one of them.

U.S. military officials assured anxious children that the Arctic blast that disrupted U.S.

airline traffic would not prevent Santa from making his annual Christmas Eve flight.

A spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, which tracks the Yuletide flight, explained,

We have to deal with a polar vortex once in a while, but Santa lives year-round in one at the North Pole,

so he's used to this weather. My four grandchildren confirmed the military's report

by opening numerous presents from Santa yesterday morning. Of course, rationalistic skeptics might view both the military statement

and my grandchildren's testimony as somewhat fanciful.

In their view, anything that defies human logic and experimental corroboration

must be considered myth and tradition, nothing more.

This is especially the case if they can find rational explanations for the events in question. For example, according to the United States

Postal Service, Santa Claus's official address is 123 Elf Road, North Pole 8888.

The United States Postal Service reports that letters sent to this address are received, personal information is redacted,

the letters are published online, and generous people adopt them, and ship gifts to the letter writers.

This practice provides a naturalistic explanation

for many gifts from Santa. Another factor is the bedrock principle of scientific discovery

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