There's a whole continent down there... Much more practical.
2007-12-24 05:22:41 · 10 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Meaning the North Pole isn't "on top" of the world anymore than the South Pole is.
2007-12-24 05:23:16 · update #1
Elves are native to the arctic, not the antarctic. It was all about the labor pool.
2007-12-24 05:36:32 · answer #1 · answered by Phoenix: Princess of Cupcakes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Santa doesn't live at the North Pole because it's the top of the Earth.
2007-12-24 13:27:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
From Guest Answerer, my son Jack "Because the South Pole is divided and 7 countries own it but nobody owns the North Pole."
2007-12-24 13:29:50 · answer #3 · answered by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You are right, it's just a matter of geography. The Santa thing originated in the northern hemisphere so no one considered the possibility of a South Pole Santa.
2007-12-24 13:28:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the north pole is physically closer to more people. The population is higher in the northern hemisphere, so he has less distance to cover in performing his night time run, which is ever more critical as the population is growing.
2007-12-24 13:28:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Santa takes his orientation from the Earth Orientation Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.
2007-12-24 13:32:59 · answer #6 · answered by Samurai Jack 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
With the polar ice caps melting, it'd be prudent for Santa to move his operation south. I also hear labor is cheaper down there.
2007-12-24 13:29:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Kyrgyzstan is where he should be. A Swedish consulting group figured out the optimal routing.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7129175.stm
2007-12-24 13:31:15 · answer #8 · answered by a. ani 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
well he used to live in Antarctica, but he was evicted by his landlord after the elves started to play fiendish tricks on the neighbors. i guess they didn't like the burning elf poo on their porches. oh well.
2007-12-24 13:29:26 · answer #9 · answered by amanda c 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There would not be room for him, his sleigh and reindeer as most of it has melted or will shortly.
2007-12-24 13:26:44 · answer #10 · answered by Son of David 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋