NORTH POLE - Santa Claus, the kindly spirit of Christmas, has reportedly filed for bankruptcy after attempting to fulfill the wishes for tickets to World Cup 2026 from World Cup fans.

“I just can’t afford to keep the toy factory and delivery service open anymore,” stated Mr. Claus to The Nutmeg News. “I’ve had to leverage multiple, MULTIPLE lines of credit. I had to mortgage the workshop, the land, the reindeer, everything….. the monthly payments mean that I can’t afford to pay any of my employees or purchase any supplies to have them build toys.”

Sources say that Mr. Claus attempted to fulfill the wishes of World Cup fans across the globe and this put him so far in debt that he cannot recover.

“I’m ruined,” stated Mr. Claus. “There’s just no way for me to financially recover from this. Do you know how expensive tickets are for a family of four to a World Cup game? It was bad enough when children started asking for computers and one wheels. I’m just ruined. RUINED.”

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Palantir purchases the distressed assets of Mr. Claus empire and integrates all of Santa’s data into their database to allow ICE to make more accurate arrests of children and families on Christmas.