Santa Claus is a good-looking old man who, riding a sleigh, spends a whole night delivering gifts to children from house to house. So far it seems that nobody has wondered if the fact of spending the night without sleep could affect your health, so some British experts in sleep have talked about it.
As Professor Franco Cappuccio and Dr. Michelle Miller of Warwick University comment, the sleep deprivation experienced by Santa Claus, his elves and his reindeer on Christmas day could put his health in danger.
Many will think that it is only one night, and it is true, not sleeping a single night is not enough to harm Santa's long-term health, however there are some short-term risks that, at the moment, do not seem to have affected the Elder of the white beard.
What risks does Santa Claus spend so many hours at night delivering gifts?
Lack of sleep could cause you, most likely, drowsiness, reducing your attention and reducing your ability to think and remember. It is possible that Santa Claus came to sleep in the sleigh with the reins in his hand, with the risk that this entails for him, the reindeer and the roofs of our houses, as well as making him confuse himself with some gifts and send some children who were destined for others.
On the other hand, it must be borne in mind that Santa Claus must deliver gifts all over the world and that it has to be at night. This makes me have to go at full speed and also journey from one side of the planet to the other undergoing continuous schedule changes, offering your "body clock" little time to adapt to these changes.
Traveling with a full stomach makes you sleepy
If the fact of not sleeping causes Santa Claus to run some risks, eating from house to house can increase those risks. In practically every house, children leave with great enthusiasm food for Santa Claus and reindeer, usually nougat, marzipan and polvorones, a glass of milk and, who thinks a little about the night that awaits him, even leaves him coffee.
However, since he is not very friendly to say no and he usually eats a little everywhere, so that it is not said that Santa Claus rejected the children's food, the digestion of what has already been eaten makes your body ask for rest and tranquility, which causes you even more sleep.
Luckily it's only one night
If you work this way throughout the year your well-being would be in serious danger. Luckily this is not the case and from the moment you distribute the last gifts you will have a whole year to sleep peacefully and eat a balanced diet.
Thank you, Santa, for continuing the tradition and continuing to bring some gifts to children from all over the world while they sleep and dream, but please take care of yourself and, if you're sleepy, for a little while to rest. It is better to delay a tad than to find yourself on a roof with the sled shattered because your eyes are closed from sleep.
