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I'm gonna spoil the Christmas season!
No known species of reindeer can fly. BUT there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs, this does not COMPLETELY rule out flying reindeer....
There are 2 billion children in the world. At an average rate of 3.5 children per household, that's 91.8 million (Christmas celebrating)homes. And there SHOULD be one good kid in every home.
Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with. This works out to 822.6 visits/second. Santa has .001 second to park, hop out of the sleigh, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left, get back up the chimney, get back into the sleigh and move on to the next house.
So Santa's sleigh must be moving at 650 miles/second, 3,000 times the speed of sound. If every one of the 91.8 million homes with good children were to put out a single chocolate chip cookie and an 8 ounce glass of 2% milk, Santa gains 5901428.6 pounds, which is 2950.7 tons.
Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium-sized gift, 2 pounds, the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons, not counting Santa. On land, a reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds.
Conclusion: If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he's dead now.
No known species of reindeer can fly. BUT there are 300,000 species of living organisms yet to be classified, and while most of these are insects and germs, this does not COMPLETELY rule out flying reindeer....
There are 2 billion children in the world. At an average rate of 3.5 children per household, that's 91.8 million (Christmas celebrating)homes. And there SHOULD be one good kid in every home.
Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with. This works out to 822.6 visits/second. Santa has .001 second to park, hop out of the sleigh, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left, get back up the chimney, get back into the sleigh and move on to the next house.
So Santa's sleigh must be moving at 650 miles/second, 3,000 times the speed of sound. If every one of the 91.8 million homes with good children were to put out a single chocolate chip cookie and an 8 ounce glass of 2% milk, Santa gains 5901428.6 pounds, which is 2950.7 tons.
Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium-sized gift, 2 pounds, the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons, not counting Santa. On land, a reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds.
Conclusion: If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he's dead now.
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