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"With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick!" -Clement Clarke Moore

Every year, on the 25th of December, good girls and boys around the world wake up fascinated (and more than a little excited) to find Christmas presents scattered beneath their Christmas trees. Some find additional goodies in their stockings or beneath the fireplace, all attributed to a mysterious gift-giver who calls himself "Santa Claus"... or "Saint Nick"... or "Kris Kringle"... or... "Old Man Frost"? ...Something's fishy about this globe-trotting saint. He's been giving presents to children for over 1,700 years now, and to this day, no one is quite sure how. This has led to endless questions about the magical man and his North Pole operation, but recently, the truth has gotten so muddled that certain people aren't sure if he exists at all! This time on The Imaginary Axis, we seek to put an answer to this riddle once and for all. Who is Santa Claus? Where did he come from? Is he a man or a myth? And most importantly, how does he manage to get presents to billions of children every year? Finding the truth will require detours through physics, history, and the very heart of Christmas itself, but rest assured there IS an answer. All those gifts have to come from somewhere.

Stats Regarding Santa's Sleigh:
telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/8188997/The-science-of-Christmas-Santa-Claus-his-sleigh-and-presents.html
telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/6859529/Father-Christmass-Christmas-Eve-in-figures.html
snopes.com/holidays/christmas/santa/physics.asp
people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/holidays/santas-sleigh.htm
findmeagift.co.uk/topics/how-big-is-santas-sleigh
bsa344.com/Physics%20of%20Santa%20Claus.pdf

NASA and Santa Claus:
nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2014/release-20141222.html
noradsanta.org
nasa.gov/topics/history/features/apollo_8.html

Dr. Larry Silverberg, Santa Claus, and Relativity Clouds:
popsci.com/science/article/2012-12/fyi-how-long-would-it-take-santa-deliver-presents-every-kid-earth
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/santa-could-totally-deliver-all-those-presents-using-worm-holes-or-relativity-clouds-171957422
https://news.ncsu.edu/2008/12/science-of-santa-nc-state-researcher-says-st-nick-can-deliver-presents-in-one-night/
https://news.ncsu.edu/2011/12/the-science-of-santa-2-2/
youtube.com/watch?v=KZ3VWRzk_r4

Saint Nicholas:
stnicholascenter.org/pages/origin-of-santa
whychristmas.com/customs/fatherchristmas.shtml
stnicholascenter.org/pages/who-is-st-nicholas
christianitytoday.com/history/2008/august/real-saint-nicholas.html

Santa is Canadian:
youtube.com/watch?v=j4pszx-Lvf8
canada.com/life/santa+canadian+declares+citizenship+minister/1108430/story.html
upi.com/Canada-declares-Santa-Claus-a-citizen/38291230121178
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_H_postal_codes_of_Canada

North Pole, Alaska:
northpolealaska.com
santaclaushouse.com/about.asp
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole,_Alaska

More About Santa Claus:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus
santaclausvillage.info
nytimes.com/2015/12/20/upshot/how-santa-claus-ended-up-on-us-militarys-radar.html
fastcompany.com/3039311/my-creative-life/santa-claus-is-real

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!