mick2me 3,033 Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 And to all you unbelievers, you will find Norad's Faq to be an eye opener... http://www.noradsanta.org/en/faq.html When will Santa arrive at my house? NORAD tracks Santa, but only Santa knows his route, which means we cannot predict where and when he will arrive at your house. We do, however, know from history that it appears he arrives only when children are asleep! In most countries, it seems Santa arrives between 9:00 p.m. and midnight on December 24th. If children are still awake when Santa arrives, he moves on to other houses. He returns later, but only when the children are asleep! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 So you're telling me, Santa does exist?.............................No! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 822 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Santa Claus does not exist!! 1. 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 ruled out flying reindeer, which incidentally only Santa has ever seen. 2. There are 2 billion children (persons under 18) in the world, but since Santa doesn't (appear) to handle the Muslim, Hindu, Jewish and Buddhist children that reduces the workload to 15% of total -- 37 8 million according to population statistics. At an average rate of 3.5 children per household. That is 91.8 million homes, one must presume that there is at least one good child in each. 3. Santa has 31 hours of Christmas to work with thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems a logical). At 91.8 homes this works out to 822.6 visits per second. That is to say that each Christian household with good children, Santa has 1000th of a second to park, hop out of the sleigh, get down the chimney, fill 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. Assuming that each of these 91.8 million stops are evenly distributed around the Earth (which of course we know to be unlikely but for the purposes of our calculations, we will accept), we are now talking about 78 miles between households. A total trip of 75.5 million miles, not counting stops to do what most was must do it at least once every 31 hours, plus feeding, watering etc. To do this, Santa’s sleigh needs to move at 650 miles per second - 3000 times the speed of sound. The purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle is the Ulysses space probe. This moves a tardy, 27.5 miles per second. The conventional reindeer can run, tops, 15 miles an hour? 4. The payload on the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assume that each child gets nothing more than a medium-sized Lego set (two pounds). The sleigh would need to carry a 321,300 tons. Not counting Santa, who is invariably described as overweight , On land conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 lbs. Even granting that “flying reindeer” (see Point 1) could pull 10 times the normal amount we cannot do the job with eight or even nine; we would need 214,200 reindeer. This increases the payload -- not even counting the weight of the sleigh -- to 353,430 tons. For purposes of comparison this is four times the weight of the QE2. 5. 353,000 tons travelling at 650 miles per second create enormous air resistance -- this will heat the reindeer up in the same fashion as a spacecraft re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer will absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second; each. In short, they will burst into flame almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them, and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team will be vaporised within 4.26 thousandths of a second. Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500 .06 times greater than gravity. A 250 pounds Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force. 6. In conclusion – If Santa ever did deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he's dead now, which is fortunate for him. I am quite sure that the RSPCA would like a word or two with him regarding the treatment of reindeer at Christmas. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 But Santa is from a distant planet settled here a number of years ago & is a brother of Dr Who & a fellow "Time Lord" can travel at the speed of light so his "Christmas day job" is quite possible. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 It's all to do with the magic of Christmas, and I do believe he can be seen passing over tonight at about 6ish....though some disbelievers and bah humbuggers (oops can I say that?) will have you believe its the space station passing over!! https://www.facebook.com/events/757206657690188/?fref=ts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Mixing threads,..........rough neighbourhoods and this one,.........when i was about 5 a real hard lad who was considered a bad lad as well was babysitting me on xmas eve,and he showed me the night sky and a line of Stars which he explained were Santas sleigh and his Reindeers, Not really a bad lad was he, 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Santa called last night to me, Legs fixed !! Who says Santa's not real ? 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 25, 2017 Report Share Posted December 25, 2017 Santa he's been! Sure I could hear his reindeers on me roof about half five? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted December 25, 2017 Report Share Posted December 25, 2017 I heard his sleigh on my drive about 3.30, but I'll finish my coffee before I look what he's left me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,380 Posted December 25, 2017 Report Share Posted December 25, 2017 Oi fatty, I don't care what your name is get off my roof! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 OI Oi Happy Crimbo all xx Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 A very Happy and Safe Christmas and New Year to all 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldphil 331 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 just off on the Trek sleigh for an hour, before the fun starts in the house. Have a very peaceful Christmas, all of you 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 I remember when I found out Santa didn't exist.... I was so upset I got in my car & drove to the pub... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Had the pork pie, drank the champagne, playing with drone. Now waiting to be arrested. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Holy crap!! Santa don't exist???? I need a safe place now................ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 Just wondering how many females our Ben has squeezed under the mistletoe this fine Christmas Day! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 I can't even imagine but I'll bet he's worn out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 24, 2020 Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 Santa on his way, hope you all been good boys & girls https://santatracker.google.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted December 24, 2020 Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 Never mind that. Is he wearing a mask, gloves and keeping at least 2m away from the chimney? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,268 Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 This morning I asked my Great granddaughter to see if the hens had laid anything. I told her that my friend's hens were visited by Santa last year. She gave me a doubtful look. She opened the nesting box and whooped "He's been, He's been". There were four eggs. One decorated with a holly sticker and the other a reindeer 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,094 Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 How are you going to top that come Easter, Terry? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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