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β | This was the [[:Category:Christmas|Christmas comic]] for 2014 and broadly speaking, this comic follows a long list of issues raised about physical limitations {{w|Santa Claus}} faces, similar to other popular theoretical discussions such as the [http://www.daclarke.org/Humour/santa.html speed he has to travel] and [http://www.articlesbase.com/holidays-articles/10-impossible-facts-about-santa-claus-1509493.html the omniscience he purportedly possesses and the mass of presents he has to carry] β the story of Santa Claus was simply never designed for a world with over 7 billion people | + | This was the [[:Category:Christmas|Christmas comic]] for 2014 and broadly speaking, this comic follows a long list of issues raised about physical limitations {{w|Santa Claus}} faces, similar to other popular theoretical discussions such as the [http://www.daclarke.org/Humour/santa.html speed he has to travel] and [http://www.articlesbase.com/holidays-articles/10-impossible-facts-about-santa-claus-1509493.html the omniscience he purportedly possesses and the mass of presents he has to carry] β the story of Santa Claus was simply never designed for a world with over 7 billion people spread through untold millions of homes. This comic combines some basic {{w|physiology}} with the physical law of the {{w|conservation of mass}}. |
More specifically, this comic refers to the common tradition of leaving milk and cookies out on Christmas Eve for Santa Claus. If one assumes that Santa eats even a small percentage of the sweets left out for him, the question comes up where all the cookies ''go''. Megan suggests that, since Santa isn't ''that'' large, he must poop them out somewhere, and wonders if he does so in our houses. | More specifically, this comic refers to the common tradition of leaving milk and cookies out on Christmas Eve for Santa Claus. If one assumes that Santa eats even a small percentage of the sweets left out for him, the question comes up where all the cookies ''go''. Megan suggests that, since Santa isn't ''that'' large, he must poop them out somewhere, and wonders if he does so in our houses. |