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THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA

December 21 2010

TRUTH 1 No known species of reindeer can fly, BUT there are 300,000 species of living orgaisms yet to be classified, and while most of them are insects and germs, this does not COMPLETELY rule out flying reindeer which only Santa knows about. TRUTH 2 There ate 2 billion children (under 18) in the world, BUT since it seems Santa doesnt seem to handle the Muslims, Hindus, Jewish nor Buddhist children, that reduces his work load to 15% of the the total - 378 million according to the Population Reference Bureau. At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, thats 91.8 million homes. One assumes there is at least one good child in every home. TRUTH 3 Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with. This is due to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, and assumes he travels east to west (which is logical). This works out at 822.6 visits/second.Which is to say that for each christian household with good children, Santa has 1 x 10 (3) seconds to park, get out of the sleigh, get himself down the chimmney,fill the stocking, distribute the remaining presents under the tree,eat whatever snacks, get back up the chimmney,back into the sleigh and on to the next house. THEREFOR To cover the 1.255 km/household and total trip of 121.48 million km santas sleigh must be moving at 1.0885 x 10 (6)meters /second - 3000 times the speed of sound at mean sea level. For purposes of comparison the fastest man made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a slow coach speed of 4.4 x 10 (6)meters/second. Reindeer run, tops 6.07 meter/ second.

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RHP User

15 years ago

santa's magic...so none of that counts roxxy

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RHP User

15 years ago

reindeer love fart jokes.

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15 years ago

LOL so true Roxy..I love the magic of christmas........ All that good will to mankind thats floating about....love it

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RHP User

15 years ago

Why only under 18s, I would like something for being naughty or nice.

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15 years ago

All the kids are not fooled into thinking that is Santa at the mall. In one mall he is dark skinned and the next he is fair. Hate to rain on the parade but I have never let my kids sit on Santas knee. Not once. At least one has done it herself as an adult (no prizes for forum regulars for guessing which one). It is not that I hate christmas.....well I hate that it is so commercialised ..... I just cannot see the logic in teaching our kiddies stranger danger and then letting them sit on a strange mans knee. It is a little creepy.

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15 years ago

Quoting 'fionabee' All the kids are not fooled into thinking that is Santa at the mall. In one mall he is dark skinned and the next he is fair. Hate to rain on the parade but I have never let my kids sit on Santas knee. Not once. At least one has done it herself as an adult (no prizes for forum regulars for guessing which one). It is not that I hate christmas.....well I hate that it is so commercialised ..... I just cannot see the logic in teaching our kiddies stranger danger and then letting them sit on a strange mans knee. It is a little creepy. perhaps Santa can deliver you a browser with a bookmark to the "Free Range Kids" blog. They're not sitting on "a strange man's knee" it is Santa (so far as a little kid is concerned), or at least one of his helpers (if they put two and two together but can't quite make it to 4).I cannot see the logic in thinking that every person out there is a kiddy fiddler just lurking ready to whisk them off in his van before you can say "hey, where is the free candy?!". Kids need to learn about the "stranger danger" not "anyone at the shops is a danger". If a kid approached you, should their mother grab them back before you pounce? Kids also need to know thyat if they're in trouble, who should they seek for help? "an adult". Why? because other than the infinitescimally small number of pedophiles out there (though as I understand it, like sexual assault, the dangerous stranger is more likely a friend/family member) most adults want to help children in trouble. (Would you also tell kids not to talk to other kids? what happened if they get lured off to become the next Jamie Bulger?)(apologies for it getting a little rant-ish) And yes, I can imagine who jumped on Santa's knee, poor Santa would've probably been blushing as red as his coat once she got through telling him just what she wanted and how naughty she'd been lol.Missbowpeak: I think something got lost in the translation, cause it doesn't sound too miraculous for Santa to deliver pressies and make it to the next house in 1x10^3 seconds, I mean, 16 minutes 45 seconds is a fair while to drop off stuff and go next door - my postie would kick Santa's sleigh... (except for the ocean crossings) :)

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15 years ago

I'm not listening..santa is real; santa is real (rocking back and forth with fingers in my ears) seriously how many other times of the year do you get to sit on a strange mans lap gently pull on his beard and tell him exactly what you want delivered to your house as he slips down the chimney to bring you your hearts desire ... and in a widely acceptable public place too Interesting side note though: Rudolph didnt come into the equation until about 100yrs AFTER the other reindeer were named... Kisses Focus PS: I love Christmas and its all my Mothers fault!!!

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