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Only after celebrations are underway do they realise that the Christmas “meme”, powerful and widespread as it is, plays host to a variety of other conceptual forces which are not necessarily as passive as the holiday. Foremost among them is the figure of [[Santa Claus]], and, observing the regularity with which “[[Father Christmas entity|Father Christmas entities]]” seem to arise even in universes where their existence makes no logical sense, the Cupids become frightened of the possibility that their exposure to Christmas might cause a Cupid Homeworld version of Father Christmas to come into existence. | Only after celebrations are underway do they realise that the Christmas “meme”, powerful and widespread as it is, plays host to a variety of other conceptual forces which are not necessarily as passive as the holiday. Foremost among them is the figure of [[Santa Claus]], and, observing the regularity with which “[[Father Christmas entity|Father Christmas entities]]” seem to arise even in universes where their existence makes no logical sense, the Cupids become frightened of the possibility that their exposure to Christmas might cause a Cupid Homeworld version of Father Christmas to come into existence. | ||
Moreover, they fear that this may result in the entire concept of the Crew being warmed into something Christmas-themed, with the newly-formed Santa Claus ruling over a Crew of servile [[elf]]-like Cupids who do his biddings [[Fog Ship|dimension-crossing flying sleighs]]. The end of the Fact File, though it admits that it is probably too late to convince the Cupid populace to give up on the holiday, advises all who read it to be on the lookout for any Homeworlder in the process of morphing into a Father Christmas entity. | Moreover, they fear that this may result in the entire concept of the Crew being warmed into something Christmas-themed, with the newly-formed Santa Claus ruling over a Crew of servile [[elf]]-like Cupids who do his biddings [[Fog Ship|dimension-crossing flying sleighs]]. The end of the Fact File, though it admits that it is probably too late to convince the Cupid populace to give up on the holiday (because, if nothing else, the newly-formed [[Department of Christmas]] would object), advises all who read it to be on the lookout for any Homeworlder in the process of morphing into a Father Christmas entity. | ||
The Fact File ends with an “important addendum” inciting the reader to disregard the warnings as meaningless nonsense which has undeservedly “wormed its way” into the [[Cupid Archives|Archives]], probably at the behest of [[Conspiracy-1263]]. The note is signed by a certain [[Claus-025]], who reaffirms that if there is indeed such a being as a Santa Claus, the Cupids ought to be nothing but pleasant and docile in their dealings with him. | The Fact File ends with an “important addendum” inciting the reader to disregard the warnings as meaningless nonsense which has undeservedly “wormed its way” into the [[Cupid Archives|Archives]], probably at the behest of [[Conspiracy-1263]]. The note is signed by a certain [[Claus-025]], who reaffirms that if there is indeed such a being as a Santa Claus, the Cupids ought to be nothing but pleasant and docile in their dealings with him. | ||