From the author: Published on the author’s website Previous article “What is the secret power of a gift?”: Well, for those who are especially lucky, Santa Claus brings gifts. By yourself or in company with the Snow Maiden. It is clear that children are more lucky in this regard than adults. Whether grandfather gives gifts personally, puts them under the tree or leaves them at the front door, or arranges for a bag to be thrown onto the balcony - this is remembered for a long time, illuminating the paths of life with a kind magical flicker among the sometimes gloomy everyday life that happens. It is interesting that in the minds of some children, Santa Claus is a creature that closely resembles God: he reads thoughts and letters in any language, and his possibilities are limitless, and the speed of teleportation is higher than the speed of sound. Indeed, with his power, Santa Claus turns the sun to summer and winter to frost. Preparations for Christmas or New Year begin in advance. Alas, sometimes in a not entirely reasonable form. Children who are not distinguished by exemplary behavior and good academic performance already in September receive a warning from their parents: if there are comments or bad grades, do not expect gifts from Santa Claus: he already knows who deserves them and who does not. Or the opposite situation, when parents invest in a gift for their own child and buy something that is quite burdensome for the budget, and then set the condition: “Now you must keep your desk in order, obey your parents, clean your bed,” etc. In this way, the child begins to learn and master the beauty of trade and monetary relations with parents as intermediaries of Santa Claus. But the trick is that parents, after all, are not viceroys of Santa Claus. He himself decides who gets how much, how much and when. Probably not without the help of the gnomes, but Santa Claus independently determines how best to manage his supplies and the cost estimate calculated in Excel. Although scientists in many countries are trying to understand the laws of Christmas and New Year's gift giving, science, unfortunately, has not yet been able to answer questions about how the size and value of a gift is related to school success and diligence of the student, why the neighbor Vaska, who fights almost every day, he also receives gifts - how is it that there was no gift and suddenly it appeared? After all, Grandfather doesn’t have keys! - Was the window open? So it’s narrow! - who replenishes Santa Claus’s pantries, - is it possible later, when I grow up, to get a job as Santa Claus’ assistant? - isn’t he hot in a fur coat in the African desert, - why is his beard mmm... seems unreal - and also why Santa Claus so rarely spoils mom and dad with gifts. Yes, yes, for some unknown reason, there are often no gifts under the tree for parents, and even more so for grandparents, although, who knows, maybe Santa Claus visits them at their registration address... This leads the most astute children to the idea that their parents do not behave diligently enough, forget to make the bed and do not always obey their boss at work. There is an opinion that the rumor about Santa Claus moving to sledding through the air - this is disinformation from Western intelligence services. It is based on the fact that the joint aerospace defense system of the United States and Canada actually cooperates with Santa Claus, for more than half a century providing a reindeer team with safe relocation in the airspace (for more information, see http//noradsanta.org/). Our Father Frost, according to Russian competent sources, although he sometimes uses vehicles, mostly walks, and in the past decade, using the latest achievements of bio- and nanotechnology. So all these questions, which are actually dealt with by Grandfather Morozology, require further painstaking research. However, we don’t have much to expect results in the near future, since by parliament’s decision the budget line for financing the industry’s leading enterprise, Niipromtrest Morozvisit Corporation, was once again cut. Faith works wonders Many children do not want to lose faith in Santa Claus. With nothing..."