On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:39:37 -0500, Davoud wrote:
At the end of the story Mr. MacRobert's biographical sketch says "Alan
MacRobert independently disproved the existence of Santa Claus around
age 7, by dividing the number of houses in North America by the number
of minutes in the night before Christmas. He found the process
liberating rather than disappointing."

If he'd been _really_ clever he would have realised that Santa Claus
visits far more than just North American homes.

If he had been _genius_ grade material he would have also realised
that for some, time is not necessarily linear.

I still hope he has a Merry Christmas :-)

Jim