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== Description == | == Description == | ||
=== Nature === | === 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 (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') | According to [[Pythagoras-858]]'s research, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') as recorded in [[Cupid Fact File]] #1225, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Father Christmas (short story)|Father Christmas]]'') 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 (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') The Fact File noted that these “Father Christmas entities” were often “benign”, but highlighted that they were typically immune to [[Cupid Love Potion]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Father Christmas (short story)|Father Christmas]]'') | ||
In any case, the mythical Santa Claus was sometimes conflated with [[Saint Nicholas]] | In any case, the mythical Santa Claus was sometimes conflated with [[Saint Nicholas]]; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Winter Quests (novel)|The Winter Quests]]'') the Cupids' Fact File listed “Saint Nicholas”, “Saint Nick” and “Sinterklaas” as aliases of Santa Claus/Father Christmas, alongside “Kris Kringle” and less common names such as [[Fred (Father Christmas)|Fred]] and [[The Hogfather|a partially-redacted moniker]] associated with a [[Hogswatch|variant of the holiday]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Father Christmas (short story)|Father Christmas]]'') | ||
As a supernatural entity, saying his name out loud had power, with [[Jenny Everywhere | As a supernatural entity, saying his name out loud had power, with the [[Parallax Universe]]'s [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|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 === | ||
