Top Ten Most Interesting Facts About Santa Claus

The Top Ten
1 He visits 75 million homes in less than 31 hours

Most people shouldn't belive this. This isn't even possible.

He drinks 24 million glasses of sherry in almost every house.

I agree with this.

2 He is more than 1,700 years old

Santa Claus has been around for centuries, beloved by generations

All the alcohol he drinks.

3 He travels about 5,083,000 mph

I told my sister (she still believes) that we never see him because he is basically the Flash.

4 His bag carries 840,000 tons of toys
5 He has flying reindeer
6 He consumes about 336,150,386 cookies

There are starving children in Africa who could have eaten those cookies!

He consumes about 336, 150, 386 mince pies, dunno how much alcohol he drinks.

7 He travels at about 650 miles per second
8 He's not real

Unless you count the Father Christmases from before Victorian England, when they performed on stage were not fat, but had a beard, wore green and had nothing to do with children.

My mom tried to make me think he was real by lying and other stuff when I was 18 and a half

He is real. I have a true story about him. So when I was 10, I went to Leavenworth with my family and family friends to spend Christmas Eve Night there. Me and a couple of my friends woke up in the middle of the night. We then heard bells jingling from outside our hotel door, and the bells were Santa’s Sleigh. We also heard footsteps, which was Santa HIMSELF! And we later saw a red light flashing outside our door, which was Rudolf’s RED NOSE! We didn’t see Santa and his reindeers, but we heard and SENSED them! Although, it’s my parents that give my gifts because Santa doesn’t see my wishlist letters that I put in the mailbox to deliver to him in the North Pole. Only because I couldn’t stamp my letters.

9 He lives at the North Pole
10 He would weigh about 400 million pounds
The Contenders
11 He is also known as St. Nicholas, Father Christmas, Grandfather Frost and Kris Kringle

Santa has a number of names across different cultures and centuries. But he is the magic of Christmas, the love, generosity and spirit we all associate with this time of year and want to encourage int eh world around us.

His original name was Father Christmas.

He is based on Saint Nicholas.

12 He is based on St. Nicholas of Bari
13 Mickey Mouse is more well-known than him

I think Ronald McDonald is too.

14 He lives in Lapland
15 Deliver 3,520,260,968 gifts in a night
16 His reindeers can fly
17 Rudolph has a red nose that is a light
18 Rudolph was taunted for his nose
19 His sleigh can fly
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