[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by kestrelx

Well reindeer eat these mushrooms then the shamans used to drink the reindeer wee that had the chemical from the mushrooms in metabolised into more safer compound for human consumption. The shamans then hallucinated the reindeer flying - also the shamans used to take gifts to people around the winter equinox - which is Christmas time. So it all fits in embelished with other bits and bobs; like St Nicolas giving gifts to poor children etc etc.

It didn't say that in the link! It said something about the time-space continuum...and that time and space are elastic.