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Lord love a duck!

Portable North Pole, a project launched by Montreal-based video web developer UgroupMedia, sends kids personalized videos from Santa — even those who deserve a lump of coal. Tell the site your kid hasn’t been so good, and the video Santa peers over his glasses and tells the child: “You’re on my naughty watch.”

There’s more, if you can bear it.

Afterthought:

I first got into online communication back in the BBS days. When my younger son was about three, the sysop of my favorite BBS installed a door to a chat with Santa. The user would type in something and the program would respond with a more-or-less relevant reply.

Younger son and I had great fun with it. But here’s the thing: Butch (the all-powerful BBS ruler) wasn’t looking to make money or gain publicity. He was looking to spread a little joy and fun.

Intentions sometimes matter.

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