How much energy does Santa use on Christmas Eve?

Santa has 31 hours to deliver presents to

378 million children

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He has to deliver presents to 822 houses per second

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travelling at 650 miles per second

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…with a band of 214,200 reindeer to pull

the weight of his sleigh

Figure via http://www.daclarke.org/Humour/santa.html

…which would weigh around the same amount as the

Empire State Building

Figure via http://www.daclarke.org/Humour/santa.html

Not to mention Santa would also

need to spend £40m on feeding his reindeer so they’d have enough energy.

Figure via http://www.theaftermatter.com/2012/12/santa-claus-is-coming-to-town-and-it-is.html

To make enough energy without magic,

Santa would need 414 of the world’s biggest power stations

Figure via http://www.theaftermatter.com/2012/12/santa-claus-is-coming-to-town-and-it-is.html

Let’s just be thankful he’s using magic instead of

petrol costing £36 million

Figure via http://www.theaftermatter.com/2012/12/santa-claus-is-coming-to-town-and-it-is.html

And he’s already spent £280 billion on presents

Figure via http://www.theaftermatter.com/2012/12/santa-claus-is-coming-to-town-and-it-is.html

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