A3_10 Christmas Spirit

Abstract

In this article we explore the amount of energy that can be produced from Christmas spirit. We investigated an event shown in the movie ‘Elf ’ where Santa Claus’ sleigh needs the energy of Christmas spirit to raise it off the ground and back into the air. We found that to raise the sleigh required a total Christmas spirit of 4.51 × 10^14 J which is a significant amount. We find that each person shown in the film would need to produce 2.89 × 10^12 J, yet if this Christmas spirit was shared amongst everyone in the world they would only need to produce 71.0 kJ.