Hail all,
Category: Science
So - here's some facts about the infamous jolly old man who is meant to break into your homes next weekend with a sack full of presents...
- Due to the different time zones and Santa Claus having to be constantly on the move, he has roughly 31 hours of Christmas Eve/ overnight Christmas Day to do his job.
- If he were to visit all the children (and we assume that every one of them is on the "nice" list - that would mean that Santa was to visit approximately 91.6 million homes.
- If Santa was to visit all these homes in the alloted time, that would mean he'd have to visit 823 homes every second.
- Over the course of the night and having to criss-cross the globe, Satna Claus would travel approximately 125.5 million kilometres.
- If Santa was to make this kind of distance, he'd have to travel 1,046 kilometres per second. That's over 3000 times the speed of sound! And this doesn't take into account all the stops he has to make.
- If he were to carry just 1kg of toys for every child in his sack - that would be 291.5 million kilos on his back to carry.
- It would take over 2 million reindeer working as one just to be able pull that much weight. And this doesn't take into account the weight of Santa or the sleigh either.
Sigh...
Merry Christmas to you all!
Cheers,
Saga.