# Santa's Space Age Transportation

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/santas-space-age-transportation/181578>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [January 1, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/santas-space-age-transportation/181578 "2022-01-01T16:46:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/santas-space-age-transportation/181578/1 "2022-01-01T16:46:24Z")

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Courtesy of _Hemmings_:

> **[Yes, Virginia, Santa Did Arrive via Rocket Ship. And a Rocket...](https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2021/12/23/yes-virginia-santa-did-arrive-via-rocket-ship-and-a-rocket-sleigh-and-a-super-rocket)**
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> Traditional Christmas tales have Santa piloting a magical flying sleigh. The Beach Boys envisioned him in a souped-up candy apple red hot rod. Chuck Berry thought Santa could get around faster by...

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/santas-space-age-transportation/181578/2 "2022-01-01T22:06:04Z")

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Cool story. Years ago we took our daughter on a “Santa train,” basically a theme park tram decked out in a Christmas theme than made a circuit around the parking lot of a local strip mall while Santa talked to the passengers over the PA. Anyway, the kids seemed to like it.