The Week contest: Remote Santa
This week's question: Because of coronavirus concerns, many mall Santas will this year be taking children's Christmas present requests via Zoom instead of on their laps. If Hollywood were to make a Christmas movie about St. Nick's struggles to adapt to an age of social distancing and face masks, what title could it give the film?
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THE WINNER: "Santa Claus is Zooming to Town"
Ujjal Kohli, Saratoga, California
SECOND PLACE: "I Saw Mommy Elbow-Bumping Santa Claus"
Norm Carrier, Flat Rock, North Carolina
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THIRD PLACE: "Rudolph the Furloughed Reindeer"
Andrea Carla Michaels, San Francisco
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Microbes on 34th Street"
Eric Rose, Marquette, Michigan
"Miracle at 6 feet"
Marvin Hester, Norfolk, Virginia
"The 12 Days of Quarantine"
Beth Simon, Oakland, California
"Rudolph the (Uh-oh!) Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Larry Hooks, New Hartford, New York
"Santa Pause"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"The Polar Distress"
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania
"Miracle Cure on 34th Street"
Michael Rouse, Troy, Michigan
"Ho Ho Hold On Where's Your Mask?"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
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