“Is Santa Possible?” By: Alice Wang If Santa Claus did not match the stereotype that has been given out by the media, family, and friends for centuries and was the “polar” opposite, he could be possible. First, the man would have to lose about 20 dress sizes and go anorexic every Christmas because of the thin chimneys that are all across the world. Hey if Kristie Alley can do it on Jenny Craig, and both Santa and Kristie Alley are both obese, why can’t Santa Claus lose weight? Next,
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he would have to make a time capsule in order to give each good Christian child a gift. Santa would have 31 hours of Christmas to work with if he goes from east to west because of the various time zones and the rotation of the earth. Analytically, he would have to visit about 823 houses in a second assuming that he would have to park, hop out of the sleigh, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the presents, eat the milk and cookies, and get back on the sleigh. Assuming that there are 91.8 million stops (supposing ...

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