Oscar the Grouch asked the same question, at a time when skinny chimneys were becoming a thing. The special ends with an implication that Santa is real and somehow manages.
Considering the way chimneys are typically built, it is virtually impossible for even a lithe skinny person to fit down one anymore, and with the weather trap (designed to prevent rain from falling down the chimney and getting your fireplace wet) it has become difficult for even small animals to get down one.
Sweeps anymore use mechanical, motor driven brushes and vacuums to clean the tube out, and most modern flues are lined with fabricated steel sheeting. So no, the answer has to be “magic.”
naplllp about 7 years ago
I wonder what RJ would say about my dad’s line, “Away to the window I flew like a flash/Tripped over my slippers and fell with a crash”.
Serial Pedant about 7 years ago
“Away to the window I flew like a flash, tore open the shutters and fell on my ash." Just settin’ the record straight.
Stephen Gilberg about 7 years ago
Oscar the Grouch asked the same question, at a time when skinny chimneys were becoming a thing. The special ends with an implication that Santa is real and somehow manages.
ShadowBeast Premium Member about 7 years ago
So Hammy is wrong about this one.
FredCapp about 7 years ago
Considering the way chimneys are typically built, it is virtually impossible for even a lithe skinny person to fit down one anymore, and with the weather trap (designed to prevent rain from falling down the chimney and getting your fireplace wet) it has become difficult for even small animals to get down one.
Sweeps anymore use mechanical, motor driven brushes and vacuums to clean the tube out, and most modern flues are lined with fabricated steel sheeting. So no, the answer has to be “magic.”
John W Kennedy Premium Member about 7 years ago
Carl Barks answered this one decades ago; Santa employs a shrink spell.