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There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist (except maybe in Japan) religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the Population Reference Bureau). At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that comes to 108 million homes, presuming that there is at least one good child in each.
Santa has about 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 logical). This works out to 967.7 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with a good child, Santa has around 1/1000th of a second to park the sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh and get on to the next house. Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false, but will accept for the purposes of our calculations), we are now talking about 0.78 miles per household; a total trip of 75.5 million miles, not counting bathroom stops or breaks. This means Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second--3,000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second, and a conventional reindeer can run (at best) 15 miles per hour.
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Why did the snowman have a smile on his face ?
Because the snowblower was coming down the block.
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at 2008-08-05 |
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How come you never hear anything about the 10th reindeer "Olive"?
Olive? Yeah, you know, "Olive the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names!"
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at 2008-08-05 |
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What do elves learn in school?
The Elf-abet!
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at 2008-08-05 |
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Santa: "So little girl, what would you like for Christmas?"
Girl: "I want a Barbie Doll and a G.I. Joe."
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at 2008-05-13 |
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You do know what would have happened if it had been three wise WOMEN instead of men, don't you? They would have asked for directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, cleaned the stable, made a casserole and brought disposable diapers as gifts!
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at 2008-05-13 |
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A man, wearing only a bathrobe, bends over the Christmas tree to pick up a present.
His young son looks up the robe and asks, "Hey Dad! Who's getting the bagpipes?"
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at 2008-05-13 |
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When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary!
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at 2008-04-17 |
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What nationality is Santa Claus?
North Polish.
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at 2008-04-17 |
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Who brings the Christmas presents to police stations?
Santa Clues.
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at 2008-04-17 |
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What's the most popular wine at Christmas?
"I don't like sprouts!"
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at 2008-04-17 |
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What's red and white and falls down the chimney?
Santa Klutz!
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at 2008-04-17 |
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The three stages of life:
1) You believe in Santa Claus
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus
3) You are Santa Claus
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at 2008-04-17 |
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Why do all the other reindeer have brown noses?
Because they cant stop as quickly as Rudolph!
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at 2008-04-17 |
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