Article: Santa in cyberspace: The Deborah Ross interview Want to know how Father Christmas decides who gets what and delivers the presents, and how he manages to eat all those mince pies? Lots of children do, and since e-mail became the quickest way to send letters to Lapland, Santa has been hitting the `reply' button practically non- stop. DEBORAH ROSS logs on

Dear children everywhere (plus, of course, all those who are somewhere else), Welcome! I am Father Christmas. I am good and kind- hearted and thoughtful and all that, so if you've ever tried to contact me and I haven't replied, it's only because I'm a very busy man. Oh, yes, I'm always madly rushing about, except when I'm having my mid-morning and afternoon snoozes. But your questions! They keep coming and coming and coming! Especially by e-mail. I get billions of e-mails. Sorry, but I can't possibly keep up with them all, what with having to fit in my mid-morning and afternoon snoozes and everything. So, gathered here is a collection of your most frequently asked questions, plus some other ...

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