# Santa Clause

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-clause/152439>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 3, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-clause/152439 "2003-02-03T04:37:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jsb5048](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jsb5048](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsb5048)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-clause/152439/1 "2003-02-03T04:37:05Z")

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Has there ever been a study on how fast Santa Clause would have to travel in order to make it to every Christian’s home in a single night?

Wouldn’t the friction and windage burn him to a KRISp?

Anyone? Anyone?

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-clause/152439/2 "2003-02-03T04:47:07Z")

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This horse has been beaten to death and beyond. Go look at Google and you’ll find a million pages on the subject.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-clause/152439/3 "2003-02-03T04:57:09Z")

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There is a small but vocal political minority that has been agitating to change the name of the state of Virginia, because of the sexual connotation. This caused a great deal of confusion at the North Pole this most recent December, and Mrs Claus had to reassure him: “Yes, Santa Claus, there is a Virginia.”