Ten Ways of Explaining the Christmas Gift Saga to a Kid

Upon waking up on the morning of the 25th of December, Karl Jr and Wendy go and find basically gift certificates there, and no gifts.  Dad needs to explain this:

1.  At some point in 2021, the EPA did a review of Santa's sleigh, and deemed it a problem....so Santa couldn't deliver gifts.

2.  Santa got Covid and nearly died, but he's on the recovery now.  Sadly, it'll be December 2022 before he's back to full-strength.

3.  Santa's wife caught him with two elf guys, and is divorcing them.

4.  Santa fired the elf who handled the database, and they corrupted the files before they left the office.

5.  Santa was kidnapped by radical revolutionary types (leftwing of course).

6.  The North Pole is melting, and polar bears ate three-hundred of the elves over the summer.

7.  Santa was taking Ivermectin, and had a serious reaction to the horse-dewormer medication.

8.  Santa consulted with Donald Trump, and ruined his business plan for 2021.

9.  Santa had a operation, and has not fully recovered yet.

10.  Santa's reindeer were confiscated by wildlife officials in Alaska.   

President Biden's Moment on the Logistical Chain

 This week.....reality hit, when most people came to realize that Christmas is going to be crap because of the supply chain business, and shelves will be mostly bare by early December.  

So President Biden met with the postal folks, Fedex, Wal-Mart, etc.  The port union guys?  They aren't mentioned.

My five observations?

1.  Back in early June, 'Mayor Pete' should have noticed the delay business, and in less than two weeks....sought major action at the ports on the west coast.  He failed.....miserably.  Already in August, he should have been 'fired'.

2.  President Biden reacting?  He should have grasped the mess/chaos in August and reacted then, but couldn't.....because of the Afghanistan mess/chaos.

3.  If you drag UPS, Fedex, etc....into this mess....they could hire up people to ship faster.....but they will adjust their rates for this chaos, so you will pay 5-to-10 percent more in the end.  President Biden didn't tell you that part of the story.

4.  The odds that we have another wild chaos brewing right now and will come to realize it by the end of December?  Better than 80-percent chance.

5.  ALL of this leading back to Covid?  Yeah, and Covid in 2022 (2023, 2024 as well) looks just as good. 

When will shipping and logistics look 'normal'?  If you watch the business news reports....no one is suggesting early or mid 2022.  

Amusing?  I think the laugh factor will dissolve away by December, and most everyone will be frustrated to the max.  The whole worry-on-Covid business needs to just go away.