All my relatives and family are far away. Their Christmas is coming up in two weeks. Why? Because Santa Claus is stuck at Russian Customs and Border and they issue him a new passport every year. With his name translated as Grandfather Frost.
On this December 25th I woke up late and couldn't believe I don't have to go to work. Last 7 years on my previous and now defunct workplace I was always sheduled to work on Xmas Day. Good pay, employer's sponsored lunch and technically, not much to do, were the incentives. First thing I checked was the weather and, believe it or not, the official brief had an interesting info.
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Newark airport was the closest with Santa in the vicinity. In about an hour I was at my hangar preheating. Watching weather closely and hoping to catch Santa before he lands. Like I caught the Space Shuttle two years ago. As you see I've already had an experience.
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Turned on "invisible mode" and took off.
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I know my airspace as the back of my palm. I looked here
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then here in Brooklyn
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no sleigh over VZ
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and clear over Bensonhurst.
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Staten Island Ferry carried nobody in red suit either.
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On this December 25th I woke up late and couldn't believe I don't have to go to work. Last 7 years on my previous and now defunct workplace I was always sheduled to work on Xmas Day. Good pay, employer's sponsored lunch and technically, not much to do, were the incentives. First thing I checked was the weather and, believe it or not, the official brief had an interesting info.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi447.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fqq197%2FN666BK%2FXmas%2520Cards%2Fphoto3.jpg&hash=3c85090da25fccb9a995c6830a35a2a6)
Newark airport was the closest with Santa in the vicinity. In about an hour I was at my hangar preheating. Watching weather closely and hoping to catch Santa before he lands. Like I caught the Space Shuttle two years ago. As you see I've already had an experience.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi447.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fqq197%2FN666BK%2FSpace%2520Shuttle%2F6.jpg&hash=01199fe859c6b82fa80fb51954932ecc)
Turned on "invisible mode" and took off.
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi447.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fqq197%2FN666BK%2FXmas%2520Cards%2F1.jpg&hash=090a8a1ba7cd4eaf6c9985afa98f553f)
I know my airspace as the back of my palm. I looked here
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi447.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fqq197%2FN666BK%2FXmas%2520Cards%2F15.jpg&hash=456acc9e14fa797e525dba6d7e863c05)
then here in Brooklyn
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi447.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fqq197%2FN666BK%2FXmas%2520Cards%2F2.jpg&hash=c97a44a5be95aa3f4cff2f8567cd301d)
no sleigh over VZ
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and clear over Bensonhurst.
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Staten Island Ferry carried nobody in red suit either.
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