With Christmas Eve just a couple days away, Santa’s jolly countenance of last week has turned decidedly serious. (Thinking about 7.3 billion deliveries in a single evening will do that to a fellow, I guess.)

When I GPS-doodled Saint Nicholas last week, he was looking pretty cheerful. You know – all “ho ho ho!” and “it’s a holly jolly Christmas!”

Now he just looks grumpy.

Might be the length of his “Naughty” list this year (with the likes of the trampy Miley Cyrus and the simpering Justin Bieber, and let’s not even start on Donald Trump and his host of moronic supporters…).

Or maybe he’s just bracing himself for his big night on December 24. I mean, 7.3 billion gift deliveries in a single evening? That’s harsh.