Father Christmas has revealed the gadget he simply cannot do without on his Christmas present run.
Speaking exclusively to 老九品茶Cloud, an ageing Santa said his work life could be prolonged by his new augmented reality glasses.
These highlight the homes containing the nice children, meaning St Nick no longer has to consult his huge contacts book to make sure he doesn鈥檛 accidentally deliver toys to naughty kids.
鈥淓very child deserves a Christmas present,鈥� he told us. 鈥淏ut I鈥檓 not wasting my time on bullies and cookie-pinchers.
“At the North Pole I’m all over VR, but on the road it’s the AR which makes all the difference.”
Asked which other gadgets will prove useful on Christmas Eve, he said: 鈥淢y Garmin watch keeps me on track as I circumnavigate the globe, but my other favourite bit of tech is my Dragonfly drone.
鈥淚 can send it down the chimney with the presents and deliver them under the tree using the headset.鈥�
Santa doesn鈥檛 use a traffic app 鈥� 鈥渢hey haven鈥檛 invented flying cars yet, you know鈥� 鈥� is fed up of weather apps getting the forecast wrong and won鈥檛 be monitoring his heart rate on a night dominated by mince pies and port.
But which emerging technology is he most excited about heading into 2017?
鈥淚鈥檓 hoping for a self-driving sleigh,鈥� he said. 鈥淣aturally I鈥檒l keep my hands on the reins, as I鈥檓 legally bound to.
鈥淎nd Rudolf told me he鈥檚 looking forward to retirement when they perfect those robot reindeer.鈥�