How Does Santa Do It? The North Pole’s Secret Organisational Recipe Explained

A O'CALLAGHAN • December 22, 2016

My grandson, Finnlay, aged nearly 3, wants to know how Santa manages to make and deliver all the toys to all the children in all the world for Christmas. The answer “Christmas Magic” may be beginning to wear thin.

So here’s my new version. Santa does a lot of work through the rest of the year, long before we get to Christmas. He gathers all the information about which boys and girls are being naughty and which ones are being nice, for a start. Then he has to find out where they live, the size of their chimneys, and what toys they would like. Based on this information he has a list – which, of course, changes a lot as new information is discovered or older information goes out of date. The most important deliveries (to the children who have been most good) go to the top of the list. Santa wants to guarantee that the good kids (“Like you, Finn”, I say, fingers crossed behind my back) get their presents on time.

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