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The naughty-nice algorithm

There is, in fact, a nonsupernatural Santa. It's a transnational corporation with one mission-critical fulfillment goal: Every kid who celebrates the holiday gets a toy on Christmas eve.

Sez who? Wired News, that's who. There's a wonderful chart and timeline at the link, and here's an interview with Adam Rogers, a gleeful sort who's an editor with the magazine. He's got a theory and he backs it up.