Father Christmas is dead according to Norwegian newspaper

In 1887, the New York Sun answered the question once and for all if there is a Santa Claus with its famous editorial, “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.”

Sadly, 128 years later a Norwegian newspaper answered the question that Father Christmas, otherwise known as Santa Claus is dead.

According to the BBC, a Norwegian newspaper apologized for publishing a notice that Father Christmas died Dec. 3, just days before celebrating his 227th birthday on Dec. 12. The notice said that Santa was born in 1788 and the funeral was scheduled for Dec. 28 at the North Pole Chapel.

The newspaper, which is Norway’s second-biggest selling newspaper blamed the error on its internal procedures and said the classified advertisement that appeared was not suppose to have been published.

“Aftenposten has strict guidelines for both the content and use of symbols in our obituaries,” the paper said in a statement. “This ad is a violation of these and should never have been published.”

The paper said it had removed the classified advertisement from its website once it was made aware of the error.

So the good news kids, Santa is not dead. He’s very much alive — and thanks to the annual no burn day on Christmas morning for the Phoenix metro area, he should have no problems sliding down chimneys across the Valley for good little boys and girls.

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