24 December 1999 - Jingle Bells

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 1999 : 24 December 1999

Santa’s Sleigh Ride At 1000 km/s

Blasting through the sky
Like a nuclear device,
Through the towns I fly
Blinking once or twice.
Rudolph’s nose is hot
With meteoric light—
What fun to visit every tot
Within a single night.

Jingle bells, jingle bells,
No one else can hear.
My jolly sounds are swallowed in
The vacuum to my rear.

clue:

There are different estimates of Santa’s speed on his journey to distribute gifts. I chose a popular one and rounded down.

Kids, don’t try this at home. Only the fastest meteors reach even one-fifteenth of Santa’s velocity. If you flew around the world this fast, the energy released would devastate the globe.

take oh take this clue away