The Truth about Santa: Wormholes, Robots, and What Really Happens on Christmas Eve
“Perhaps you—like me—are disappointed by the amateur calculations done every December that purport to show how Santa couldn’t possibly deliver presents to all the good boys and girls in the world. Okay, fine: if Santa were just a dude in a sleigh (even one powered by some very fast reindeer), his task would be very hard, perhaps even impossible. And yet! These are the holidays; I do not want to be burdened with what is impossible. I want to know how it can be done. I want to know how—without resort to magic, that lazy storytelling crutch—the good Saint Nick runs his global one-night present-delivery operation.
Fortunately, in The Truth about Santa: Wormholes, Robots, and What Really Happens on Christmas Eve, the veteran science writer Gregory Mone has for the first time uncovered the advanced technological tricks that Santa must rely on to make real what was once mere fantasy.”
Review from Scientific American (Thanks Berber)
Haha what a wonder thought. So its not ‘MEN IN BLACK’ its ‘HERE COMES THE MAN IN RED’
. HAPPY CHRISTMAS to everyone in, on and behind the blog. LOVE IT 
Msg from Abeo: A very Merry Christmas to you too
The truth about Santa … in this book …. Maybe we shouldn’t read it .. it might be disappointing …. Superman Santa … for those who love to dream! Or ofcourse don’t bother how and what … as long as they get the presents …
Watching the weird and outrageous X-mas habbits in Hollywood .. ehehe ….
I knew he couldn’t do it unaided…
Merry Christmas everyone!
I’m so thrilled .. delighted .. it’s Dec 25th … X-mas .. een fijne kerst!
And for those who are not that into X-mas .. let’s not turn it into a big X-mess in our hearts and minds .. just enjoy those days the way you wish to enjoy yourself. With people or alone!
This first hour of X-Mas was really a bit too much for me .. so I think I’m going to bed now … a retraite .. very peacefull … very silent .. very dreamy .. floating .. Getting myself a pair of wings and fly up there .. to the stars in the sky instead of those in trees ..
Merry X-Mas.
Oooh, shan’t look, don’t want my little fantasy world of how Santa delivers his presents shattered. It’ll ruin it all for me!
Can I also say too, that reading this blog has been so fantastic, whether the posts be funny, sad, or just downright ridiculous. It’s been here for me to air grievances and also to comment on wonderful posts by the lovely Derren. 2009, with this blog by my side has been great and I thank each and every one of you for keeping this fantastic place running through admittedly, a few difficult times this year, and for keeping me coming back for more & more.
I love it here and want to wish all of you Phillis, Abeo, Coops & of course, Derren himself, a very Merry Christmas and an even more wonderful 2010!!
Take care
LC x
Hold on…memorey elimination devices? Hmmm, that sounds awfully familiar. Somewhere among the population of bearded men who can erase people’s memories lurks Santa…
Does anybody know where Derren gets to on Christmas Eve?
don’t know if this will work…i’m accessing the blog via the internet on my new mobile. “hello” if you can see this!
Simple facts:
1) Not everyone celebrates Christmas
2) Not evryone opens their prezzys on the same day. (In Holland they get them on the 6th Dec & in Spain they have to wait until 6th Jan.)
3) Santa & Father Christmas are not the same person.
4) Different countries get their presents delivered by different people. (Grandfather Frost:; The 3 Kings; Girl with candles in her hair name begins with C; Bellasomething – a good witch; A dwarf name begins with a J; etc)
Kept my brats quiet for years.
I think they know ‘the truth’ now but they go along with it because they are not sure if I know : )
My youngest is 25 – honestly !