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Originally Posted by no1patto
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 pokey 27.4 miles per second, and a conventional reindeer can run (at best) 15 miles per hour. The payload of the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium sized LEGO set (two pounds), the sleigh is carrying over 500 thousand tons, not counting Santa himself. On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that flying reindeer can pull 10 times the normal amount, the job can't be done with eight or even nine of them -Santa would need 360,000 of them.
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Yes, but male reindeers drop their antlers in the autumn, females keep theirs until the spring. Now looking at a christmas card I just got its obvious that these are female reindeer, and are much more capable.
Your proof is flawed, QED Santa does exist, just walk down Soi Eric on Xmas eve, and you will see the sexiest elves on the planet
