Yes, it’s true. They shut down the airport in Milwaukee, and Grumpy Santa is temporarily out of action.

But at least he’s in Wisconsin. Perhaps he’ll enjoy a nice cheese platter. Perhaps he’ll savor the subtle bouquet of a glass of Old Milwaukee.

“Perhaps I’ll go to bed early-at least, for once on this trip!” snarled Grumpy Santa.

Just off the phone with Santa and they are bailing off their regional Jet in Boston (boarded 30 min ago). Per Plan “C” they are heading to the Boston South Amtrak station to see if they can hitch a ride to New York Penn Station.

I really want Grumpy to do some stuff in Times Square — so lets see if we can get him to Manhattan for the night.

Santa says the pilot was warning of airport closures in Boston and New York — so I told them to jump off and find a cab while they still can to the train station — the amazing race to Manhattan starts now…

Finally we got the Continental cancellation sorted out. But we had to do it in person (Grumpy Santa and his director did the honors); I never could get through on Continental’s 800-number (busy, busy, busy).

Our problem: Continental canceled its Newark to Charleston flight last night, then canceled its Boston to Newark flight this morning. As you can see from Grumpy Santa’s itinerary, that really messed us up…