Even Santa Claus Has Alexa Skills

Ho, ho, ho! The holidays are here and we’re all preparing to gather ’round the old Amazon Echo to celebrate the miracle of AI with our loved ones. With its newest update, Alexa hosts Santa Clause who’ll help Echo owners find the perfect seasonal music.

According to thenextweb.com, Amazon’s virtual assistant now responds to “talk to Santa Claus” across all supported devices. When prompted it’ll summon Santa himself to spread holiday cheer by asking what kind of Christmas music you’re interested in listening to.

The jolly one even hosts one of the stations, North Pole Radio on iHeartRadio.

“Talk to Santa Claus” works without having to enable any skills in the app or on Amazon’s website. Alexa will respond to several other holiday commands, including:

• What do you want for Christmas?
• Is Santa Claus real? / Do you believe in Santa? / Is there a Santa?
• Where does Santa Claus live? / What is Santa Claus’ full address?
• How old is Santa Claus?
• Sing me a Christmas Carol
• What can you tell me about Santa’s reindeer?
• What do you know about Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
• Who’s your favorite reindeer?
• What is the true meaning of Christmas?

Kids should get a kick out of interacting with Alexa and Santa, and if parents get tired of hearing the same thing over and over there’s always the world of skills.

The “NORAD Tracks Santa” skill is a fun way to stoke excitement leading up to Christmas Eve. Another nifty skill worth enabling is “Santa Claus,” which will help you determine if you’ve been naughty or nice this year.