There is a question, in recent days, that has teased the boiling brain of 6-year-old Pierre, almost as much as the questions about the gifts he will discover at the foot of the tree on December 25.
"How is Santa going to do with the Covid, will he put on a mask?"
», Launches this funny man in the striped sweater.
After careful consideration, it is said that the sled pilot will opt for a "giant mask with a big fabric and a big elastic".
“Because he has a huge beard,” he explains.
Like this little Parisian in CP, millions of children in France are wondering how Santa Claus will be able to ensure his tour of the chimneys in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Faced with the concerns of empty slippers shared by the whole planet in short pants, an official of the World Health Organization was reassuring.
According to Dr Maria Van Kerkhove of the WHO, the reindeer tamer, "immune to the coronavirus", and therefore "able to enter and leave the airspace" as he pleases and to deliver his tons of present, despite traffic restrictions.
Faithful to its role in prevention, it took the opportunity to remind people that the physical distance between the old man in the red coat and the youth must be "strictly" respected.
An old gentleman priority for the vaccine ...
Marianne, 6 years old, next door neighbor of Pierre, understands that the most famous of white beards will have her nose and mouth hidden.
“Santa Claus is going to ask his elves to make masks.
He will have several and can change it during his trip.
Anyway, when he passes in the night, there is no one there, ”breathes the young lady.
On the other hand, she is convinced that the reindeer will have their noses in the open air.
"It is forbidden for animals to wear masks," she defends.
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The advanced age of "Santa Claus" does not mean a person at risk.
“He can't die.
Because otherwise there would be no Santa Claus.
There is only one on Earth ”, she identifies.
No need, in his eyes (which light up), that he be tested before going to the turbine.
" Never !
He has too many magical powers, he cannot catch the Covid, ”she imagines.
However, to listen to Pierre, who estimates at “79 years” the age of the supplier of packaged packages, the old man must keep “a meter of distance” with his elves.
The little boy also thinks he is a priority when it comes to vaccination.
"He is old and in addition, he has to make a long tour even if his son can replace him", he warns.
The little mouse to the rescue?
“This year, if it takes longer because of the Covid, it can take more elves.
And my grandpa, he's going to help her, ”Marianne suggests.
She also wonders if "the little mouse" could not give Santa Claus a paw.
"But she wouldn't wear a mask, she's too small," warns her building and school friend Pierre.
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According to this easy-going duo of angels, the prodigal globetrotter will be able to cross borders without hindrance.
"The policeman was a child, he knows who Santa Claus is," said Pierre, who ordered a "large car garage", Kapla boards and a case of felt-tip pens.
"If he is checked by a police officer, he will have planned a gift for him and the police officer will leave him alone", continues Marianne, who dreams, in her shoes, of a robot dog, of a balms distributor lipstick and a machine for making marshmallow bears.
