2006-12-21 23:42:31 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Yes, dear. I am very real. I have already checked my list twice. You were very nice this year.
Merry Christmas!
Ho ho ho!
2006-12-21 23:46:29 · answer #1 · answered by Santa Claus 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Santa is very real, but it's a different kind of reality.
The more people believe in a person like Santa, the more real he becomes.
Those who don't believe, often have an oversimplified understanding of the different kinds of reality. If you understand reality, in all its varieties, you pretty much have to believe in Santa.
2006-12-22 08:08:13 · answer #2 · answered by x4294967296 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is as much proof of Santa being real as there is that the Earth is round ...
... it's just that Christmas gifts cost more than keeping the shape of the Earth spherical.
Teaching Santa is not real is an economical decision, not based on studies (exploring the North Pole; being good to receive gifts; ...)
2006-12-22 08:12:02 · answer #3 · answered by wizebloke 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the meaning of SANTA is felt in your heart. Is the guy in the red suit and white beard really real??? NO. But, what he represents is...thinking of SANTA takes me back to being a little kid and enjoying life and thinking anything in the world is possible
2006-12-22 08:02:29 · answer #4 · answered by Hear2Help 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do believe but He has a lot of helpers so maybe the Real Santa wont be putting gifts under your Christmas tree but his helpers will and he is real and to all of those people who do not believe... Im sorry that you are missing on the thrill of life and the joy of Christmas!
Merry Christmas to all!!!!
2006-12-22 09:52:57 · answer #5 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Santa Claus is real to those who choose to believe he is.
2006-12-22 08:51:43 · answer #6 · answered by ♥ purrlvr ♥ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
to b frank..santa aint real. actually it is believed that santa claus is the name given to saint nicholas who loved children & gave them gifts every christmas.
2006-12-22 07:53:22 · answer #7 · answered by hrithik 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The following is from: http://www.physlink.com/Fun/IsThereSanta.cfm
Is there a Santa Claus? - a physicist view
Consider the following:
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 rule out flying reindeer which 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 the total - 378 million according to Population Reference Bureau. At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that's 91.8 million homes. One presumes there's 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 logical).
This works out to 822.6 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with good children, Santa has 1/1000th of a 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.
Assuming that each of these 91.8 million stops are evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false but for the purposes of our calculations we will accept), we are now talking about .78 miles per household, a total trip of 75-1/2 million miles, not counting stops to do what most of us must do at least once every 31 hours, plus feeding and etc.
This means that 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 on earth, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second - a conventional reindeer can run, tops, 15 miles per hour.
4) The payload on the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium-sized lego set (2 pounds), the sleigh is carrying 321,300 tons, not counting Santa, who is invariably described as overweight.
On land, conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that 'flying reindeer' (see point #1) could pull TEN TIMES the normal amount, we cannot do the job with eight, or even nine.
We need 214,200 reindeer. This increases the payload - not even counting the weight of the sleigh - to 353,430 tons. Again, for comparison - this is four times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth.
5) 353,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance - this will heat the reindeer up in the same fashion as 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 create deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team will be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second.
Santa, meanwhile, will be subjected to centrifugal forces 17,500.06 times greater than gravity. A 250-pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of his sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force.> In conclusion - If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas Eve, he's dead now.
2006-12-22 07:59:05 · answer #8 · answered by Christian 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Santa Claus is one of those wonderful myths of childhood designed to instill a sense of magic and wonderment into a child.
2006-12-22 07:45:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no hes not parents really put the presents under the tree when your sleeping thats why they say if you dont go to sleep santa wont come!
2006-12-22 08:17:24 · answer #10 · answered by gocomets 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Santa is comes from the heart. Ether you believe or you don’t. Don’t be a scrooge.
2006-12-22 07:53:29 · answer #11 · answered by bgt242 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋