7 Things You Didn’t Know About Santa

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Santa

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Here's 7 things I bet you didn't know about Santa Claus according to The Centre for Economics and Business Research...

Santa Claus is about to embark on his biggest night of the year. No doubt it takes some special holiday magic for him to visit the whole world. But do you realize just what goes into him hitting every house in the world?

 

 

  • 1

    All That Milk And Cookies

    Santa will devour 150 billion calories on Christmas Eve as a result of eating Christmas cookies .. this is 60,000 times his daily recommended intake.

    Credit: Penn State University
    Credit: Penn State University
  • 2

    Can't Slow Down

    Santa will visit 5,556 houses per second on Christmas Eve.

    Credit: Daniel Krylov
    Credit: Daniel Krylov
  • 3

    That's A Lot of Kids To Visit

    Santa will deliver gifts to 1.6 billion children.

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    Credit: Sketchup.com
  • 4

    Wrap It Up

    Santa will wrap presents with 1.5 million miles of paper.

    Credit: HappyHolidaysBlog.com
    Credit: HappyHolidaysBlog.com
  • 5

    Show Us The Money

    Santa will deliver over $459 billion worth of presents.

    Credit: VickstromLaw.com
    Credit: VickstromLaw.com
  • 6

    Can't Stop, Won't Stop

    Santa will make over 640 million stops on Christmas Eve.

    Credit: WWWSurfers.Blogspot.com
    Credit: WWWSurfers.Blogspot.com
  • 7

    Clocking In Overtime

    Santa will work for 32 straight hours.

    Credit: NMRestaurants.org
    Credit: NMRestaurants.org

Some bonus facts: He'll drop off presents at a rate of 822.6 per second while his sleigh travels at speeds of up to 650 miles per second. His reindeer will be pulling 321,300 tons of toys even though on land, they can pull no more than 300 pounds.

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