It is Christmas Eve in The Coachella Valley and Santa is on his way to deliver presents to all of the good little boys and girls of The Desert. But, it being a desert and all, there is the little matter of how in the hell the jolly old fat man is getting into your house – seeing as your house most likely does not have a chimney

(note to non-desert rats: fireplaces are not a necessity in a 125 degree climate)

So how does Santa do it?

I posed this question to you guys on Facebook, and here were your best answers:

Cheryl H.: “We told our kids he magically creates a chimney and fireplace and it disappears when he leaves.”
Allison L.: “When we lived in a house with no fire place we told the kids that Santa came in through the dog door.”
Thumbelina G.: “I built something like this”

(Wow! That is going the extra mile!)

Steven F.: “Secret passage”
Jonzy K.: “The same way Sancho does. The back door.” (note: please do not tell your children that).
Richard C.: “We leave a door unlocked”
Liz G.: “The same way he does in the movie, The Santa Clause. Because everything that happens in movies is real, ya know”

The most popular answer involved a “magic key” being left out for Santa. Including this one from Shawn A.:

And this one from Stefanie K.:

Whichever way Saint Nick gets into your house on Christmas eve may he leave you and your family tons of great presents.