Santa Claus
Santa Claus, or Father Christmas, sometimes conflated with Saint Nicholas and given various other titles such as the Bringer of Presents, the Lurker at Chimneys, the Eater of a Billion Cookies or simply the Fat Man, was a figure central to many winter celebrations in many universes. According to Pythagoras-858's research, Santa Claus was an interdimensional gestalt parasite, who would first implant itself in a given universe as an idea, before attaining physical reality thanks to the beliefs of children, occasionally taking the place of a sufficiently similar “real person” in the process. Individual incarnations of Santa Claus were not necessarily aware of how they had come into existence, however, and most were genuinely benevolent.
Description
Nature
According to Pythagoras-858's research, Santa Claus was an interdimensional gestalt parasite, who would first implant itself in a given universe as an idea, before attaining physical reality thanks to the beliefs of children, occasionally taking the place of a sufficiently similar “real person” in the process. Individual incarnations of Santa Claus were not necessarily aware of how they had come into existence, however, and most were genuinely benevolent. (PROSE: The Time of the Toymaker)
In any case, the mythical Santa Claus was sometimes conflated with Saint Nicholas. (PROSE: The Winter Quests)
As a supernatural entity, saying his name out loud had power, with Jenny Everywhere once arming herself with an Amulet of Unheeding to avoid attracting his attention by accident. (PROSE: Watch the Skies)
Physical appearances
Santa Claus typically wore a red coat and tusselled hat. (PROSE: The Time of the Toymaker) He was described as “the fat man”
Biography
Claus-025
Around the time of Christmas 2019, a Clockwork Cherub version of Santa Claus began to manifest in the Cupid Homeworld, under the name of ‘Claus-025’ — replacing the original Cherub with that serial number, who seemed to be permanently erased from Time in the process. Claus-025 wore the typical Santa hat and had a pack of reindeer, but Pythagoras-858 prevented him from distributing any presents, tackling him and stuffing him in a burlap sack for the duration of the holiday. When Pythe opened the bag again, Claus-025 had dispersed, leaving behind only a few crumbs of chocolate cake and his hat. Pythe banished these to the Void before releasing the reindeer in a random snowy wilderness. (PROSE: The Time of the Toymaker)
In Dimension Zeta-32-Orangepeel-Grbbrzkwlkglb
Some of the inhabitants of Dimension Zeta-32-Orangepeel-Grbbrzkwlkglb, a pocket universe that served as a refuge for the survivors of a pandimensional war and their descendants, had “cultural memories of magical gift-bringers who travelled in wooden vessels”. However, because they had warded their universe so efficiently, no form of Father Christmas could actually enter it, any more than the Toymaker or any other powerful interdimensional entity. (PROSE: The Winter Quests)
In Kim and Professor Awesome's world
- See main article: Santa Claus (Parallax Universe)
In the Parallax Universe, Jenny Everywhere once invited Professor Awesome up to the roof on Christmas night to attempt to spot the “flyover” of the figure she referred to as “the bringer of presents… the lurker at chimneys… the eater of a billion cookies”, and, later, as simply “the fat man”. Seemingly wanting to remain inconspicuous, she had borrowed Steven Lucas and Thoth's Amulet of Unheeding and was careful not to say his name out loud. Two presents were indeed supernaturally delivered to the roof, too fast for Jenny or the Professor to see the giftbringer. Jenny Cornelius was involved, with the Jenny native to this world claiming that she was “the one driving the fat man this year”, although another possible interpretation of events was that no real Santa was involved and both Jennies had set up the situation to restore the Professor's sense of wonder. (PROSE: Watch the Skies)
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