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{{quote|'''Meatwad''': "''I just figured Santa was off to an early start this year. Because, you know, statistics show that there are more children in the world today. That's China's fault.''"
'''Frylock''': "''Where did you hear that?''"
'''Meatwad''': "''Regis.''"
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A question often brought up to disprove the existence of [[Santa Claus]]: How the hell could he deliver all those toys to so many children in one night? There are so many factors involved, it just wouldn't be possible by natural means.
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Not to be confused with [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]
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== Anime
* ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' - Under the impression that [[Child Prodigy|Chiyo]] might still believe in Santa Claus, Kagura starts making up increasingly wild claims as to how Santa accomplishes his mission.
{{quote|'''Tomo''': Well, then how does he visit all those houses in one night?
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* ''[[Itsudatte My Santa!]]''′s answer to the question is more prosaic and simultaneously more awesome: ''thousands'' of cute girls in [[Sexy Santa Dress]]es are the ones doing the delivery, while ''The'' Claus does the main distribution and the coordination logistics.
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* In a Finnish newspaper comic ''Väinämöisen paluu'' ("[[The Kalevala|Vainamoinen Returns]]") the explanation of time-stopping hourglass is used. And then the [[Fridge Logic]] is played for all its worth, stating that Santa needs to work nonstop for weeks of subjective time, and needs intensive therapy every time to get over the stress and sleep deprivation.▼
* Played with in a [[DC Comics]] Holiday Special, in which Max Mercury (a super-speedster) has a great deal of trouble convincing Impulse (another speedster) that Santa ''doesn't'' exist.
{{quote|'''Max''': How does he visit all those houses in one night?
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== Film ==
* In ''[[Santa Claus:
* In ''[[Ernest Saves Christmas]]'', Ernest gives a spoof answer involving physics babble.
* Neil asks Charlie this in ''[[The Santa Clause (film series)|The Santa Clause]]''.
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* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'''s earliest short stories, Harry mentions in passing that Santa doesn't actually hand out toys to anyone but a small amount of children per Christmas.
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* This question is posed in ''[[The Nanny]]'''s animated Christmas episode "Oy to the World":
{{quote|'''Grace:''' Fran, the storm is getting worse. How is Santa going to deliver all the presents?
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* At the end of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Concept Album]] ''[[Christmas In The Stars]]'', the droids are visited by S. Claus, the son of Santa. He explains that Santa gets help from his family to deliver toys across the galaxy.
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▲* In a Finnish newspaper comic ''Väinämöisen paluu'' ("[[The Kalevala|Vainamoinen Returns]]") the explanation of time-stopping hourglass is used. And then the [[Fridge Logic]] is played for all its worth, stating that Santa needs to work nonstop for weeks of subjective time, and needs intensive therapy every time to get over the stress and sleep deprivation.
== Recorded and Stand Up Comedy ==
* According to humorist Gene Weingarten, to reach all of the roughly 2 billion children on earth in 24 hours would require Santa to go at a speed approaching lightspeed, which on the first stop [[Dead Baby Comedy|would destroy the world and all the little kiddies]].
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