The Loop: Flights Canceled On Christmas Eve, Dozens Of “Rogue” Planets Discovered And Your Secret Santa Is Certainly Not So Good

It was Christmas Eve

And you’re looking for a scoop,

Well, lower those expectations,

Because I don’t know how to rhyme, and you read The loop

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One thing you should know: dozens of flights were canceled on Christmas Eve

It comes as COVID-19 requirements are straining airline staff.

• A spokesperson for Sydney Airport said at least 80 domestic flights had been canceled in all airlines

• Jetstar confirmed that many of its employees had been forced to get tested for COVID-19 and isolate, which resulted in some late adjustments to his schedule

• A Virgo Australia spokesperson said that all passengers would make their way to their final destination today and no one would get stuck for Christmas

While you are here, Santa is bringing a heat wave, storms and maybe even a cyclone this year

The Christmas Day forecast has arrived and it’s a bit mixed, depending on where you are spending the day.

• A big part of Western Australia, including Perth, can expect a strong heatwave and pockets of extreme heatwave conditions
• It seems that the monsoon is finally hitting Australia, with the Top End on the cyclonic watch

• And far from the monsoon rain, sstorms are expected in the center, south and south-east Queensland, in the north New South Wales and extending along the great chain of division

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One more thing

Don’t you hate it when you set a $ 30 limit for Secret Santa, and someone brings … $ 180,000 in cash.

Well, Christmas came early for a New York physics teacher who discovered a box in the school mailroom. holding $ 50 and $ 100 bundles in paper strips.

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It came with a letter stating that the money was a donation to help needy physics and math students, and that the donor was an alumnus.

According to the school, the donation will fund two full annual scholarships for more than a decade.

(And to be perfectly clear to those who are ready to receive a gift from me tomorrow: set your expectations much, much lower.)

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Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!