--- title: Santa on a Hoverboard description: Watch a Santa on a Hoverboard crash into a Christmas tree. canonical: https://time.com/4138415/hoverboard-santa/ author: Olivia B. 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He’ll probably be delivering presents on a self-balancing scooter [like a Hoverboard](http://ti.me/1QNWvry), naturally. And he’ll have the entire year leading up to Christmas Eve to practice keeping his balance so that he doesn’t crash into a Christmas tree like the man in this eight-second video. A clip of a Santa riding a “Hoverboard” into a Christmas tree was uploaded Sunday by YouTube user [“Rob Pugh,”](https://twitter.com/rpugh) who appears to be from the town Tyldesley in [Manchester, England](https://twitter.com/rpugh). The ending is completely predictable, of course, and we expect many tech savvy parents will have similar mishaps while putting presents under the tree before their kids wake up Christmas morning. ### Christmas Wishes: Photos of Kids on the Phone With Santa, 1947  Calling Santa, 1947 Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Calling Santa, 1947. Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Patricia Guinan promises to leave out milk and crackers for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, 1947. Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Bann Kernan, who is 7 years old, squirms with delight as she asks Santa for a wrist watch." Moments later she gave the phone to her younger brother, Bennie, 5, who requested a train. Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jo Ann Ward "began with aplomb by saying, 'Hello, Santa Claus. How you feel?'" The three-year-old wanted a doll and a boat. Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  After "making sure he could not hear and be disillusioned," Bann Kernan "whispered confidingly to the LIFE researcher" that there is "no Santa Claus," while brother Bennie remained blissfully unaware. Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Elaine Jung is 6, wants a doll's house and carriage, also asked Santa to be sure not to forget her baby sister. Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Jimmy O'Brien, 4, asked for a bike and a sailboat. "When Santa asked where he lived," LIFE reported, "he said, 'You know where.'" Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Christopher Lange, the son of Poland's U.N. delegate Oscar Lange, "is nearly 8 years old," LIFE wrote, "and a firm believer in Santa Claus." He "showed his official background by requesting the badge of the profession, a briefcase, for Christmas." (He also asked for a paint set.) Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Calling Santa, 1947. Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  "Santa and Mrs. Claus," LIFE wrote, "who sometimes wear red coats to keep in character, answer calls at the F.A.O. Schwarz workshop." Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  "Schwarz's President, Philip Kirkham," LIFE noted, "used to play Santa for the benefit of special customers' children by shouting good cheer up a dumbwaiter shaft." The first time he did it, employees thought he was "a little daft." Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Calling Santa, 1947. MARTHA HOLMES  Bann Kernan, 7, calls Santa, 1947. Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Calling Santa, 1947. Martha Holmes—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Calling Santa, 1947. 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