Forget the North Pole.  Santa Claus and his elves should set up shop in Kyrgyzstan to optimize the delivery of Christmas gifts to 2.5 billion homes worldwide. That’s according to Swedish engineering consulting firm SWECO, which calculated Santa’s optimal journey based on a range of factors from the Earth’s rotation to which areas of the planet are most densely populated.

“On Christmas Eve, Santa’s route around the planet includes stops at 2.5 billion homes, assuming that children of all religions receive a present from the jolly man in the red suit,” said Anders Larsson of Sweco. “We estimated that there are 120 people per square mile on Earth, and 66 feet between each home. So if Santa leaves from Kyrgyzstan and travels against the Earth’s rotation he has 48 hours to deliver all the presents,” he said. “He has 34 microseconds at each stop” to slide down the chimney, drop off the presents, nibble on his cookies and milk and hop back on his sleigh, Larsson said. Santa’s reindeer must travel at a speed of 3,604 miles per second to make the trip on time. Santa’s sleigh, weighed down with presents and travelling at supersonic speed, would encounter such massive air resistance that the entire contraption would burst into flames and be vaporised within 4.26 thousandths of a second.

Let’s forget about Santa for a moment. God alone is omnipresent and omniscient. That means he is everywhere at once and all knowing. He can be with you here and even know the number of hairs on your head. The Bible also says he is a consuming fire. You better watch out…

Posted by admin on December 21st, 2007 at 12:00 pm
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