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Option B:
Which picture best describes Santa heading out on Xmas Day to hand out presents?
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Answer: B. Hot Santa
The answer is clearly Image 2 - A hot Santa in Board shorts.
We know that is true because things are heating up on the North Pole as a result of climate change (yes!).
The US National Public Radio service reported earlier this week (December 21, 2016) - North Pole Temperatures Expected To Rise 50 Degrees Above Normal.
That is (in Fahrenheit), the North Pole is experiencing a heat wave - on the "first day of winter".
The situation is that:
... warmer than usual air temperatures and even warmer ocean temperatures have kept Arctic waters from refreezing as much as they normally do this time of year.
On December 22, 2016, the North Pole Environmental Observatory observed that:
A weather buoy about 90 miles south of the North Pole registered a temperature at the melting point of 32 degrees (0 Celsius) early Thursday as a giant storm east of Greenland drew abnormally warm air northward.
The Alaska Daily News report - Temperature near North Pole jumped to 32 degrees today said that:
Data from the buoy show that air temperatures have risen more than 40 degrees in the last two days when they hovered near minus-11 degrees (minus-24 Celsius) which, even then, was above average.
The entire Arctic north of 80 degrees, roughly the size of the Lower 48 states, has witnessed a sharp temperature spike of nearly 30 degrees.
As a result "Santa may need water skis instead of a sleigh this year". But down this way, surf boards are probably more likely to be loaned to Santa for his journey.
QED.