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Air Force confirms Santa Claus isn’t real while chiding quarreling bases on Twitter

By Anna Giaritelli

Published October 25, 2017 3:49pm ET

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Air Force confirms Santa Claus isn’t real while chiding quarreling bases on Twitter — The Air Force confirms Santa Claus isn't real while trying to break up a quarrel between two bases on Twitter. "We didn't want to have to do this, but if you 2 can't get along we must...Santa will bring you nothing this year...becuase he isn't real!" (iStock Photo) | HASLOO

The Air Force declared Santa Claus to be a hoax in a tweet that was intended to break up a Twitter-arms war between dueling regional bases in North Dakota and Missouri.

The @TeamMinot Air Force base in northern North Dakota and @Whiteman_AFB base in Missouri had been bickering back and forth on Twitter over which base is better.

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