The Christmas without Santa Claus
This is a full blown, 4 alarm holiday emergency here...
The year is 2020… and let’s face it…. the world went through enough in 2020. Losing Christmas morning might just be too much! Santa Claus has been mistakenly sent back into the past by picking up the pocket watch time machine of one of our agents, Oscar, while visiting his house. Oscar’s daughter, Anna, has eagerly been waiting for old St. Nick and she had left out a variety of cookies for the guest of honor. The last thing that we know happened is that Kris Kringle gobbled up a few of the cookies. If only we could find out the year in which he was transported back to… that would be a great start in finding Santa.
Check out the evidence below and see if you can figure out the year. When you think you know the answer, click on the link in the objectives box below and enter the code. Passwords will always be in all lowercase letters or in number format. If you are stuck, PLEASE use the hints at the bottom of the page. They are there to help you and will not penalize you in any way! Good luck! Santa is counting on you!
+ Hint 1
Santa mentions in the letter to Anna that he took bites out of 4 cookies. Which ones did he bite into?
+ Hint 2
I see bites taken out of the 4, 1, 9, and 8. Those are 4 numbers... but what order should they go in?
+ Hint 3
Santa mentions LEAST TO GREATEST in his letter...
+ Hint 4
The number of 1489 doesn't work... so it must deal with the number of bites taken out of each cookie. Which cookie has only one bite taken out of it? Which one has 2?
+ Hint 5
The "1" has only one bite. The "9" has 2 bites. Keep going...
+ Hint 6
The "8" has 3 bites. The "4" has 4 bites. I bet that knowledge gives you the year.
+ Solution
Enter "1984" into the "Find the year" link.