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[cvobiker]

To deliver his gifts in one night, Santa would have to
make 822.6 visits per second, sleighing at 3,000 times
the speed of sound.

At that speed, Santa and his reindeer would burst into flame
instantaneously..

[fresh oil and pipes]

Hate to tell you but Santa and his crew are immune from natural laws of physics. Yes I believe and Yes Santa is real. Enuf Said.

[cvobiker]

Hate to tell you but Santa and his crew are immune from natural laws of physics. Yes I believe and Yes Santa is real. Enuf Said.

How many Papst's have you been drinking   

[doublerunner]

Are you counting 1 visit for every 1 person in the world?

[cvobiker]

Are you counting 1 visit for every 1 person in the world?

No,,,, Santa is !

[Buy early]

Santa delivers... 'Nuff said.

[smkymtnboy]

the ole boy is not interested in math just spreading joy!

[chaos901]

Everybody knows that Santa can slow down time.  Then you got to factor in that he is traveling east to west so his day is more than 24 hours long given time zone changes. 

[RayG]

Were you on the naughty list again?

[cvobiker]

Were you on the naughty list again?

I think Santa has me on chit list next year....   Ah well, i ain't sitten on his dam lap anyways   

[spada84]

Don't forget to subtract those that don't believe 

[cvobiker]

More Stats for Santa math

How fast do Santa's reindeer really go to deliver your presents?

1. Reindeer can fly (really!)
2. There are approximately 378 million children (Population Reference Bureau) who expect Santa to call.
3. These are distributed in 91.8 million homes. Assume 1 good child in each.
4. 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).
5. On each visit he has 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.
6. Assume houses equally distributed and in the 31 hours Santa and his reindeer can work non-stop and even after eating all those snacks he does not need comfort breaks.
Thats all the information you need, so Santa's sleigh is moving at miles per.
(p.s. although the recorded top speed of a reindeer is 35 mph, Santa's are special, or else how could they deliver all those presents)
Answer:
Santa's sleigh is travelling at 650 miles per second. One of the fastest man made objects, the Ulysses space probe, only travels at a tortoise like speed of 27.4 miles per second. Lets just hope the traffic police are not out on Christmas Eve

But we all now Santa is Magic and will live on..      See ya next year Santa... 

[D-N-D]