In the last 5 minutes Santa has left the North Pole to make his way around the world.
The big man has 24 hours to visit 2.3 billion children in more than 200 countries and leave them a little something for Christmas.
Just after he finished loading his sleigh this morning he took time to tell us how much he is looking forward to the journey....
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You can watch a video of Santa perparing for Christmas below:
