--- title: Harry-Potter Santa Claus Theory description: One Harry Potter fan has come up with a theory to explain Santa's ability to deliver presents to every home in the world in one night. canonical: https://time.com/4598405/harry-potter-santa-claus-theory/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-12T22:08:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:25.213Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: The Internet Has a Harry Potter Theory About Santa Claus og:description: Christmas mischief managed og:url: https://time.com/4598405/harry-potter-santa-claus-theory/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0d4dbc0ffa242e3/69876f052dce011ce39dc781/christmas-movies-07.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Harry Potter og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Has a Harry Potter Theory About Santa Claus twitter:description: Christmas mischief managed twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0d4dbc0ffa242e3/69876f052dce011ce39dc781/christmas-movies-07.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet's New _Harry Potter_ Theory Explains Everything About Santa Claus  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 12, 2016 10:08 PM UTC  Warner Bros.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 12, 2016 10:08 PM UTC The idea that [Santa Claus](http://time.com/4593631/chris-pratt-santa-jimmy-fallon/) is able to deliver presents to every home in the world in one night has always been one of the most unfathomable aspects of [Christmas](http://time.com/4597671/christmas-lights-shows-displays-homeowners/). But now, one [_Harry Potter_](http://time.com/4572382/fantastic-beasts-harry-potter-timeline/) fan has come up with a theory to explain this magical phenomenon. Based on the lore of J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world, [Redditor Arumple](https://www.reddit.com/r/harrypotter/comments/5h54l3/the%5Fwhole%5Fsanta%5Fcoming%5Fdown%5Fthe%5Fchimney%5Fthing%5Fis/) has posited that Saint Nick uses Floo powder to make his way between houses on Christmas Eve. “The whole ‘Santa coming down the chimney’ thing is clearly just a muggle conspiracy to cover up the fact that Santa is a wizard traveling by floo powder,” they wrote. Other users then began to speculate further about Santa’s methods, suggesting that “Santa is clearly a wizard with a time turner” and “Rudolph’s nose didn’t glow, it was just Wizard Santa’s patronus leading the way!” See the full Reddit thread [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/harrypotter/comments/5h54l3/the%5Fwhole%5Fsanta%5Fcoming%5Fdown%5Fthe%5Fchimney%5Fthing%5Fis/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4598405/harry-potter-santa-claus-theory/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4598405/harry-potter-santa-claus-theory/"},"headline":"The Internet's New Harry Potter Theory Explains Everything About Santa Claus","datePublished":"2016-12-12T22:08:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:25.213Z","description":"Christmas mischief managed","url":"https://time.com/4598405/harry-potter-santa-claus-theory/","keywords":["Pop Culture","Newsfeed","movies","Books","christmas","santa claus","Harry Potter","Holidays"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0d4dbc0ffa242e3/69876f052dce011ce39dc781/christmas-movies-07.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0d4dbc0ffa242e3/69876f052dce011ce39dc781/christmas-movies-07.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Harry Potter","caption":"Harry Potter","creditText":"Warner Bros.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/pop-culture/","name":"Pop Culture"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4598405/harry-potter-santa-claus-theory/","name":"The Internet's New Harry Potter Theory Explains Everything About Santa Claus"}}]}] ```