# why isn't santa clause dizzy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 18, 1999, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002 "1999-10-18T18:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/1 "1999-10-18T18:50:00Z")
the earth spins on an axis (picturing a ball with a pencil stuck through it). it spins at a certain velocity. and we don’t really notice in everyday life because of gravity and stuff. BUT, if you were on the axis, where you would presumably spin faster, would you get dizzy? santa is at north pole, is he dizzy? if this has already been discussed, please link to it, i couldn’t find anything. ---
**Author:** ![Undead\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Undead\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Undead_Dude)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/2 "1999-10-18T19:03:00Z")
Ummm… I think you need to think this through a little more. Imagine that you are standing on a rotating stage. The stage goes around _once per day_. Do you think this would make you dizzy? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/3 "1999-10-18T19:09:00Z")
Or ask yourself this question, which moves faster the hub of a wheel or a point on the rim? * * * “The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.” - _Humphrey Bogart_ ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/4 "1999-10-18T19:10:00Z")
i did think this through and don’t see the relevence of your reply. if the stage is very very large, then yes this would make a difference. if run around a tree real fast, i’ll get dizzy, but if i run around a track, i won’t. ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/5 "1999-10-18T19:12:00Z")
…even if i am running the same d/t. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/6 "1999-10-18T19:22:00Z")
But it takes far longer to run around the track than it does the tree. Would you get dizzy if it took you as long to circle the tree as is does the track? I think not. It is a matter of the amount of time it takes to complete one revolution, no matter the distance covered. So, it takes 24 hours to make one revolution on earth no matter what your location is. In other words your_angular velocity remains constant._ * * * “The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.” - _Humphrey Bogart_ ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/7 "1999-10-18T19:47:00Z")
Hypothesis: A person at the pole would get dizzy from the spin of the earth. Verifying experiment: Stand in one spot. Turn on that spot so that, in 24 hours, you again face the direction you started. Note effects. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/8 "1999-10-18T19:48:00Z")
Succinctly put Mr Young. Sometimes the obvious escapes me. * * * “The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.” - _Humphrey Bogart_ ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/9 "1999-10-18T19:54:00Z")
thank you ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 1999, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/10 "1999-10-18T20:22:00Z")
Ah, you can’t fool-a me–there ain’t no Sanity Clause! ---
**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:** [October 19, 1999, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/11 "1999-10-19T00:18:00Z")
Hey, every Christmas Eve, the guy drinks a little rum, a little hot toddy, a little wine, or a little spiked egg nog at every house on the planet… and you wonder why he’s a little dizzy? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/12 "1999-10-19T04:28:00Z")
::looking nervously over shoulder for cowboys:: ::loud whisper:: “Dex! Be careful what you say!” -Melin ---
**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/13 "1999-10-19T06:18:00Z")
This thread makes me dizzy as read at any speed. Ray (heading for the South Pole to unwind) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/14 "1999-10-19T13:19:00Z")
metro,if you believe santa is at the north pole,You are the one thats dizzy! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/15 "1999-10-19T13:19:00Z")
He actually lives next door to Cecil! ---
**Author:** ![okatym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/76d3ee/32.png) [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 1999, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/16 "1999-10-19T15:02:00Z")
You’re all wrong. Santa’s real. There is no Cecil. But, as long as there is a little bit of Cecil in all of us, he will live forever. ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-santa-clause-dizzy/4002/17 "2000-06-20T15:35:56Z")
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Cecil Clause.” If I had any writing skills, I’d create a thread on MPSIMS converting the famous editorial in honor of Unca Cece. Anyone here up to the challenge? V.