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A question for those with children at Christmas...
#187706 12/12/07 11:49 PM
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I'm in the midst of building our new home. Cross your fingers for a February completion date. I'm building it without a fireplace. You really don't need it where we live. We used the last one in our previous home, two times in six years. My question is this...how do you explain Santa's entry in the home without a fireplace?

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jbzngowest #187708 12/13/07 12:09 AM
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This one caused a lot of confusion when I was a kid. My parents reasoned that the big guy wouldn't make it down a fireplace chimney either, so they stuck to their story and said he came down the furnace chimney. Once magic enters the picture then there's not much difference between a narrow steel pipe and an 8x12" tiled flue.

Please don't tell me you have a direct-vent furnace.


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bridgman #187714 12/13/07 01:24 AM
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The problem was solved in the Disney movie The Santa Clause, just as bridgman described.


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jbzngowest #187718 12/13/07 02:08 AM
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We have always used Santa's Magic Key.


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jbzngowest #187721 12/13/07 02:17 AM
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I'm going to go with heater vents and a screwdriver, personally. But only if they ask.

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pmbuko #187735 12/13/07 03:37 AM
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My folks left the front door unlocked for him.

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duckman #187738 12/13/07 03:39 AM
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Same here, we never had a fireplace in south Florida.


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RickF #187741 12/13/07 04:06 AM
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So, Duckman... what was your address again?


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jbzngowest #187746 12/13/07 04:35 AM
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Jim, good to hear from you again. Sorry, but you'll simply have to call the architect back and get the fireplace added. You might think that this will be rather expensive, but the alternative if Santa can't get in would be that you'd have to buy the presents yourself.


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JohnK #187752 12/13/07 04:54 AM
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What does the Santa Claus Book Of Lore say about skylights ?

JohnK does make a good point though -- the cost of a fireplace compared to the cost of years of Christmas presents makes the fireplace an easy choice.

Maybe a purely decorative fireplace with a secret passage / doggy door ? The kids would never know the difference ;\)

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