Three headlines about the trial are dated Monday, December 20, 2012, but 12/20/12 was a Thursday.
An important plot point of the movie is that the trial takes place on Christmas Eve in America. This means that he should have already have delivered presents to every country which is GMT+7 or ahead, as it is already Christmas Day in those countries. In short this means that Children in Countries like Australia, New Zeeland, the UK and Europe have already had their Christmas's reined.