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* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny have the power to move at incredible speeds so they can deliver presents and painted eggs, respectively. Under rare circumstances, they can use this power outside of running deliveries, sending them rocketing up the SuperWeight scale.

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* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny have the power to move at incredible speeds so they can deliver presents and painted eggs, respectively. Under rare circumstances, they can use this power outside of running deliveries, sending them rocketing up the SuperWeight JustForFun/SuperWeight scale.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'', North has his high-tech sleigh, as well as a magic snowglobe that can teleport him anywhere in the world. He can also teleport himself between chimneys.



* Referenced in ''Film/RareExportsAChristmasTale'', where two men [[spoiler:about to blow up the [[BadSanta real Santa Claus]] ]]make this quip:
--> "Do you ever wonder how Santa can be in a zillion places at once? [[spoiler:[[LudicrousGibs Now you know]]."]]

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* Referenced in ''Film/RareExportsAChristmasTale'', where two men [[spoiler:about to blow up the [[BadSanta real Santa Claus]] ]]make Claus]]]] make this quip:
--> "Do -->"Do you ever wonder how Santa can be in a zillion places at once? [[spoiler:[[LudicrousGibs Now you know]]."]]



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-->'''Grace:''' Fran, the storm is getting worse. How is Santa going to deliver all the presents?
-->'''Fran:''' Gracie, the man is bigger than Creator/DomDeluise and he fits through a chimney. Believe me, he can get through a blizzard.

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-->'''Grace:''' Fran, the storm is getting worse. How is Santa going to deliver all the presents?
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presents?\\
'''Fran:'''
Gracie, the man is bigger than Creator/DomDeluise and he fits through a chimney. Believe me, he can get through a blizzard.



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* ''[[WebAnimation/HoopsAndYoyo hoops&Yoyo Ruin Christmas]]'' explains Santa's impossible gift delivery by revealing he travels through wormholes to get the job done. Hoops, Yoyo, and Piddles accidentally fall into one of the wormholes after sneaking onto Santa's sleigh, causing them to be trapped in the past and kicking off the special's plot.
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* WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}} affect the delivery of toys on Santa's behalf in ''Twas The Fight Before Christmas'' as a make-good after they and Princess Morbucks rent Santa's headquarters asunder fighting.

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* WesternAnimation/{{The ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}} Girls|1998}}'' affect the delivery of toys on Santa's behalf in ''Twas The Fight Before Christmas'' as a make-good after they and Princess Morbucks rent Santa's headquarters asunder fighting.



* ''[[WebAnimation/HoopsAndYoyo hoops&Yoyo Ruin Christmas]]'' explains Santa's impossible gift delivery by revealing he travels through wormholes to get the job done. Hoops, Yoyo, and Piddles accidentally fall into one of the wormholes after sneaking onto Santa's sleigh, causing them to be trapped in the past and kicking off the special's plot.
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* Neil asks Charlie this in ''Film/TheSantaClause'' stating that Santa somehow slows down time. Father Time is a figure in these movies so it is plausible. Charlie points out that there are children that don't celebrate Christmas, and that a fireplace kind of appears magically in homes without one. Scott finds out Charlie was at least right about the fireplace thing.

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* Neil asks Charlie this in ''Film/TheSantaClause'' ''Film/{{The Santa Clause|1}}'' stating that Santa somehow slows down time. Father Time is a figure in these movies so it is plausible. Charlie points out that there are children that don't celebrate Christmas, and that a fireplace kind of appears magically in homes without one. Scott finds out Charlie was at least right about the fireplace thing.
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* [[Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine Doctor Whoah]] has one strip captioned “Santa’s Secret Revealed”. The Doctor takes him around the world in the TARDIS.
-->'''Doctor:''' Same time next year Jeff?\\
'''Santa:''' Yep. They still haven’t figured it out yet.


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* WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated discusses this. Ratchet insists that Santa can’t possibly deliver so many presents in one night, to which Prowl suggests he uses holo-clones to be in several places at once. Prime agrees, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint having seen Santa in multiple places at once that night]].
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* Oscar the Grouch asks Big Bird this in the classic ''Christmas Eve On Series/SesameStreet''. (Specifically, he asks how Santa Claus can fit into skinny chimneys or apartment buildings, a much bigger concern for urban kids. Big Bird almost freezes trying to find out.)

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* Oscar the Grouch asks Big Bird this in the classic ''Christmas Eve On Series/SesameStreet''. (Specifically, Specifically, he asks how Santa Claus can fit into skinny chimneys or into apartment buildings, buildings without chimneys, a much bigger concern for urban kids. Big Bird almost freezes trying to find out.)
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* In ''Film/ErnestSavesChristmas'', Ernest gives a spoof answer involving physics babble.

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* In ''Film/ErnestSavesChristmas'', Ernest gives a spoof answer involving physics babble. Additionally Santa himself mentions that a good portion of the world's children have cultural beliefs that don't include Santa and out of respect for that he doesn't deliver to them.
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* In Jeff Guinan's ''The Autobiography of Santa Claus'', it established that while Santa has superspeed while gift giving, he has several helpers, including historical figures such as Attila the Hun and Theodore Roosevelt, dress as him to make sure all the toys are distributed.

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* In Jeff Guinan's ''The Autobiography of Santa Claus'', ''Literature/TheAutobiographyOfSantaClaus'': it established that while Santa has superspeed while gift giving, he has several helpers, including historical figures such as Attila the Hun and Theodore Roosevelt, dress as him to make sure all the toys are distributed.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MarvelUniverse'' special, ''Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight'', Santa is a [[NonHumanHumanoidHybrid light elf/frost giant hybrid]], named Jolnir, whose [[HybridPower mixed heritage granted him powerful magic]] that he uses to warp time and space to deliver gifts to all nine realms from his residence in Alfheim. The conflict of the story is Loki using an artifact to steal this power just before Christmas.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MarvelUniverse'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Marvel Universe|DisneyXD}}'' special, ''Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight'', Santa is a [[NonHumanHumanoidHybrid light elf/frost giant hybrid]], named Jolnir, whose [[HybridPower mixed heritage granted him powerful magic]] that he uses to warp time and space to deliver gifts to all nine realms from his residence in Alfheim. The conflict of the story is Loki using an artifact to steal this power just before Christmas.
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But of course, when Santa has flying reindeer and elves working with him, he might not be limited to natural means. One answer is to make him a TimeMaster, so he can take as long as he needs to. Simpler yet, AWizardDidIt.

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But of course, when Santa has flying reindeer and elves working with him, he might not be limited to natural means. One answer is to make him a TimeMaster, so he can take as long as he needs to. Another answer is that [[SpecialOccasionsAreMagic time freezes or slows down on Christmas]]. Simpler yet, AWizardDidIt.
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* In Jeff Guinan's ''The Autobiography of Santa Claus'', it established that while Santa has superspeed while gift giving, he has several helpers, including historical figures such as Attila the Hun and Theodore Roosevelt, dress as him to make sure all the toys are distributed.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/SantasMagicCrystal'', he uses a magic star to duplicate himself.
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** In an Italian ComicBook/DonaldDuck story set when he was a child his friend Millicent tries to disprove Santa's existance this way, but Donald and the others simply reply [[AWizardDidIt it's magic]]. Later they ''do'' see Santa, Millicent says it's an imposter because he's too slow... Then they discover he has a magic watch he uses to have all the time he needs in a single night.

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** In an Italian ComicBook/DonaldDuck story set when he was a child his friend Millicent tries to disprove Santa's existance existence this way, but Donald and the others simply reply [[AWizardDidIt it's magic]]. Later they ''do'' see Santa, Millicent says it's an imposter because he's too slow... Then they discover he has a magic watch he uses to have all the time he needs in a single night.
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* In ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'', Death simply states that Hogswatchnight is a special time. One where his manservant Albert can be alive all night, despite having only a few seconds left.

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* In ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'', Death simply states when questions of this type start cropping up it's a sign that Hogswatchnight belief in the Hogfather is waning due to the actions of the Auditors. The answer to how he normally does it is that things such as linear time and being physically larger than a special time. One where his manservant Albert can be alive all night, despite house's flue are rules that are suspended on a temporary basis by the power of belief in order to allow it. The fact that the whole event occurs in a sort of non-time allows Albert, Death's manservant, to make a return to the world in spite of only having only a few seconds left.left to live, as he technically isn't ''in'' the world but in the Hogfather's congruent reality.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/ArthurChristmas'', it is revealed that all the presents get delivered by Santa's high-tech operation hidden beneath the north pole. And here is the EXTREMELY high-tech [[http://www.google.com/imgres?q=ArthurChristmas&hl=en&sa=G&biw=1600&bih=657&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=tMwYdPep4qW4tM:&imgrefurl=http://collider.com/arthur-christmas-movie-trailer-james-mcavoy/63546/&docid=DwZwZ8UCc__InM&imgurl=http://www.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/arthur_christmas_movie_trailer_image_01.jpg&w=852&h=460&ei=sUOnTpu-GYeZOtDq9Y0J&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1247&vpy=252&dur=8120&hovh=165&hovw=306&tx=190&ty=57&sig=107951384722673391273&page=1&tbnh=95&tbnw=176&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0 sleigh]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/ArthurChristmas'', it is revealed that all the presents get delivered by Santa's high-tech operation hidden beneath the north pole. And here is the EXTREMELY high-tech [[http://www.google.com/imgres?q=ArthurChristmas&hl=en&sa=G&biw=1600&bih=657&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=tMwYdPep4qW4tM:&imgrefurl=http://collider.com/arthur-christmas-movie-trailer-james-mcavoy/63546/&docid=DwZwZ8UCc__InM&imgurl=http://www.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/arthur_christmas_movie_trailer_image_01.jpg&w=852&h=460&ei=sUOnTpu-GYeZOtDq9Y0J&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1247&vpy=252&dur=8120&hovh=165&hovw=306&tx=190&ty=57&sig=107951384722673391273&page=1&tbnh=95&tbnw=176&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0 sleigh]].[[https://media.wired.com/photos/5b3356dd3808c83da3503855/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/2_TN_Concept_Render.jpg sleigh.]]



* Referenced in ''Film/RareExportsAChristmasTale'', where two men [[spoiler: about to blow up the [[BadSanta real Santa Claus]] ]]make this quip:
--> "Do you ever wonder how Santa can be in a zillion places at once? [[spoiler: [[LudicrousGibs Now you know]]."]]

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* Referenced in ''Film/RareExportsAChristmasTale'', where two men [[spoiler: about [[spoiler:about to blow up the [[BadSanta real Santa Claus]] ]]make this quip:
--> "Do you ever wonder how Santa can be in a zillion places at once? [[spoiler: [[LudicrousGibs [[spoiler:[[LudicrousGibs Now you know]]."]]



* The novel ''Santa Steps Out'' has Santa use "Magic Time" to make time flow differently for him, allowing him more than enough time to deliver all the presents. And he's not the only one who uses it; when Mrs. Claus finds out Santa's been cheating on her, she uses it for a [[PowerPerversionPotential rather different purpose]]...namely, [[spoiler: having sex with every elf in the workshop in one weekend.]]

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* The novel ''Santa Steps Out'' has Santa use "Magic Time" to make time flow differently for him, allowing him more than enough time to deliver all the presents. And he's not the only one who uses it; when Mrs. Claus finds out Santa's been cheating on her, she uses it for a [[PowerPerversionPotential rather different purpose]]...namely, [[spoiler: having [[spoiler:having sex with every elf in the workshop in one weekend.]]



** The 2014 Christmas special "Last Christmas" plays with this trope. At one point, Santa claims that his sleigh is BiggerOnTheInside. [[spoiler: Averted in that Santa is only part of an elaborate series of nested dreams. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Or is he?]]]]

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** The 2014 Christmas special "Last Christmas" plays with this trope. At one point, Santa claims that his sleigh is BiggerOnTheInside. [[spoiler: Averted [[spoiler:Averted in that Santa is only part of an elaborate series of nested dreams. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Or is he?]]]]



* In an animated ''ComicStrip/FamilyCircus'' special, Jeffy asks Billy this, and Billy says Santa [[TimeStandsStill has a watch that stops time]].

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* In an animated ''ComicStrip/FamilyCircus'' ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' special, Jeffy asks Billy this, and Billy says Santa [[TimeStandsStill has a watch that stops time]].
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* Referenced in ''Film/RareExports'', where two men [[spoiler: about to blow up the [[BadSanta real Santa Claus]] ]]make this quip:
--> "Do you ever wonder how Santa can be in a zillion places at once? [[spoiler: [[LudicrousGibs Now you know]].]]

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* Referenced in ''Film/RareExports'', ''Film/RareExportsAChristmasTale'', where two men [[spoiler: about to blow up the [[BadSanta real Santa Claus]] ]]make this quip:
--> "Do you ever wonder how Santa can be in a zillion places at once? [[spoiler: [[LudicrousGibs Now you know]].]]"]]
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--> "Do you ever wonder how Santa can be in a zillion places at once? [[spoiler: LudicrousGibs Now you know]].]]

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--> "Do you ever wonder how Santa can be in a zillion places at once? [[spoiler: LudicrousGibs [[LudicrousGibs Now you know]].]]

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