Everyone knows Father Christmas is magical and can travel at impossible speeds with lots of presents on board… but what if his magic stopped there and he had to have all his gifts made the old fashioned way? How much would it cost to ‘run’ the North Pole?

We’ve assumed that Father Christmas would deliver to every child in the world. Also, he would presumably give presents of equal value to each kid regardless of nationality…but not, of course, regardless of behaviour. Assuming an even distribution of ‘goodness’, and that the best kids get an American style Christmas while the worst kids get coal, then we can estim Read the rest of this entry →