I have a testimony of Santa Claus...

[_ludwigm]

We have some scientific evidence, too.

For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight.

Millions of people who want to know Santa’s whereabouts now visit the NORAD Tracks Santa website.
... media from all over the world rely on NORAD as a trusted source to provide updates on Santa’s journey.

(from http://www.noradsanta.org/en/whytrack.html)

[_canpakes]

It is always amazing to me that some people do not believe in Santa Clause. After all, the magic and supernatural feats that are ascribed to Santa should be extremely easy to believe when compared with those ascribed to the Christian God, or even the Mormon Elohim for that matter.

I mean how hard can it be to believe that there is an overweight old gentleman who lives near the North Pole and leaves Christian children in most western cultures gifts once a year as compared to believing in an anthropormorphic superbeing who magically created this world as well as other worlds without number from matter unorganized?

Indeed, Santa pulls off an impressive accomplishment. Not as impressive as planet-building, but pretty darn eyebrow-raising nonetheless:

--Excluding non-Christians and bad children, Santa must visit 91.8 million homes within the 31 hours of Christmas Eve darkness afforded by the Earth’s rotation.

--He must travel at least 72,522,000 miles, not counting ocean crossings.

--Given his 31-hour deadline, he must maintain a speed of 650 miles a second.

--Assuming 2 pounds of presents a child, his sleigh must carry a load of 321,300 tons, plus a hefty Santa.

--The massive sleigh requires 213,200 reindeer to pull it, increasing the total Santa payload to 353,430 tons.

--The 353,430 tons of reindeer and presents traveling at 650 miles a second would create massive heat and air resistance, with the two lead reindeer absorbing 14.3 quintillion joules of energy a second each, causing them to burst into spectacular, multi-colored flames, almost instantaneously!

From: "Magazine reveals stirring statistics on Santa’s trip", The [Tacoma, Washington] Morning News Tribune, 22 December 1990, p. A8; and “Seen, Heard, Said,” The Seattle Times, 25 December 1990, p. F2

[_UnicornMan]

Did you know that some wards are trying to banish Santa?

Yes, it depends on the Bishop. Our previous Bishop was of like mind.

I think these wards need some input from the children.

I think Santa should be invited to the WCP.

No, absolutely no Santas at WCP if I was Bishop.

Visitations from Santa Claus are only allowed for the righteous. The most I have seen is the Finger of Santa Claus. My Christmas bulbs weren't working and he asked me how I wanted him to fix the problem so we could have light. I told him to stick his finger in the light socket.

Didn't work. But my sister got a real charge out of it when she attempted it.