i've been thinking, dan's dog appears at a multiple of 32768, right? for some reason, i get that this is a date.
3/27/68. March 27, 1968 (what made me key this together was the 68. a year someone was born on most likely.)
so that got me to think even more... what if this means that Santa appears on a similar tic. something that relates to Christmas? I've heard it mentioned that Santa shows up when your computer clock shows it is Christmas(eve or day, cant remember.) mabie somebody can test this as if you where inputting dates related to the holiday....
my best guess is something like tick:
1224
1225
1224XX
1225XX
but the test must be done wile your computer date says it is Christmas eve or day(cant remember which
hope that made since.