With Christmas right around the corner, I wanted to fill you in on how Santa is able to deliver all those toys in one night. I figured this out a long time ago when I was in the second grade. Kids are really smart at that age, and it's hard to pull the wool over their eyes.
I noticed that all my toys on Christmas morning had a shipping label to Sears Roebuck, and Company. They were never wrapped, and all the boxes were opened as if someone had inspected them before delivery, to make sure all the parts were there, and of course, pre-install batteries. It didn't take a lot of mind power to realize that Santa can't possibly load all the toys on his sleigh at once. His sack would be huge. I had seen the size of the sack the Grinch had, and he was only packing enough for one town. Imagine the size of the sack to hold toys for 9 Billion kids at once!
Santa had developed a very cleaver distribution system centuries ago . He ships toys to retailers like Sears, then when he comes to my state, he stops at the distribution center and loads up the toys for the local area. It's brilliant! Today, he uses malls as his distribution points instead of just Sears like the days I was a kid. The mall Santas take the kid's requests, and makes sure the big man's elves get them to the mall. He then oversees routing the toys to Santa's sleigh depending on which direction he is flying. Bulky items like large screen TV's and tools remain at the stores and are distributed by Best Buy and Sears elves. He really has this system down to a science, and I bet he has a huge database to guide him and his helpers.
Using malls today as his delivery points means he can keep his load low enough for the reindeer to pull without being exhausted before morning. I'm sure there's some Dept. Of Transportation regulations today that limits how many pounds he can carry, as well as OSHA limits on working on rooftops after dark. Come to think of it, if Santa abides by all safety rules and regulations, it's a wonder we get anything at all on Christmas morning!
