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}}'''Santa Claus''', or '''Father Christmas,''' 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. | }}'''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 == | == Description == | ||
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In any case, the mythical Santa Claus was sometimes conflated with [[Saint Nicholas]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Winter Quests (novel)|The Winter Quests]]'') | In any case, the mythical Santa Claus was sometimes conflated with [[Saint Nicholas]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Winter Quests (novel)|The Winter Quests]]'') | ||
As a supernatural entity, saying his name out loud had power, with [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] once arming herself with an [[Amulet of Unheeding]] to avoid attracting his attention by accident. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Watch the Skies (short story)|Watch the Skies]]'') | |||
=== Physical appearances === | === Physical appearances === | ||
Santa Claus typically wore a red coat and tusselled hat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') | Santa Claus typically wore a red coat and tusselled hat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') He was described as “the fat man” | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
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=== In Dimension Zeta-32-Orangepeel-Grbbrzkwlkglb === | === 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 (The Winter Quests)|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 [[Madame Tarsa|the Toymaker]] or any other powerful interdimensional entity. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Winter Quests (novel)|The Winter Quests]]'') | 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 (The Winter Quests)|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 [[Madame Tarsa|the Toymaker]] or any other powerful interdimensional entity. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Winter Quests (novel)|The Winter Quests]]'') | ||
=== In Kim and Professor Awesome's world === | |||
[[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] once invited [[Professor Awesome#Kim and Jenny's neighbour|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 (Morning After)|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 (short story)|Watch the Skies]]'') | |||
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