(UPI) – Santa Claus won’t have to worry about running afoul of the law for flying his reindeer into the United States after the animals were given clearance by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The USDA said its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued a transit permit Thursday “to Mr. S. Nicholas Claus of the North Pole, a distributor with Gifts and Good Cheer, Inc.”
The department said the permit will allow Santa’s sleigh-pulling reindeer free passage in and out of the country between the hours of 6 p.m. Dec. 24 and 6 a.m. on Dec. 25.
