When voice contact was regained, Lovell announced, "Please be informed, there is a Santa Claus", to which Ken Mattingly, the current CAPCOM, replied, "That's affirmative, you are the best ones to know."
wˌɛn vˈɔɪs kˈɑːntækt wʌz ɹᵻɡˈeɪnd, lˈʌvɛl ɐnˈaʊnst, "plˈiːz biː ɪnfˈɔːɹmd, ðɛɹ ɪz ɐ sˈæntə klˈɔːz", tə wˌɪtʃ kˈɛn mˈæɾɪŋli, ðə kˈɜːɹənt kˈæpkɑːm, ɹᵻplˈaɪd, "ðæts ɐfˈɜːmətˌɪv, juː ɑːɹ ðə bˈɛst wˈʌnz tə nˈoʊ."