The interdimensional Christmas bug is coming to town, and every world needs their own Santa. Doesn’t matter if they have no idea what Santa or Christmas is, participation is mandatory and they need to use whatever exist in-universe to replicate Santa’s flying sleigh as best as they can.
The following are some guidelines for what a prototypical Santa and sleigh would entail, your world needs to try and replicate as many of these elements as possible.
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A fat bearded man or similar species dressed in all red.
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A huge sack of toys or whatever the kids in your universe like.
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A sleigh or another vehicle modified to resemble the classic shape of a sleigh, one that is capable of flight.
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Eight flying reindeer or similar species strapped to the front of the sleigh.
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One more flying reindeer or similar species up front with a glowing red nose.
Note that the reindeer don’t actually have to be the ones pulling the sleigh through the air, you can choose any propulsion system you want as long as it looks like the reindeer are pulling it.
How does your world pull it off? Who would need to be called in and what kind of equipment acquired to do this? What unique conflicts does Santa face in your world that the “real” Santa wouldn’t?
If your world is also conducive to other Christmas characters like Krampus, the Grinch, Frosty, Jesus, etc and you want to replicate them as well, we’d love to hear it!
So my world is a purgatory for dead deities both major and minor. I actually ran a one shot where Saint Nicholas of Myra, the man who inspired the story of Santa Clause appeared as a new minor deity in the world. So I literally have the OG Santa Clause as a conical member of my world.
As for the sleigh and reindeer, they don’t exist, because those were added to the Santa Clause lore in the 19th century. Long after Saint Nicholas. He instead has the ability to manifest a corporeal form of himself wherever in the plane he wishes, visible or invisible. He is also able to manipulate dreams and memories. (I had to give him some god powers.) Everywhere he goes he leaves little trinkets, nothing major or power shifting, but little things that are really useful that everyone needs.
He was introduced as a deity of mundane objects, because he would give gifts that were needed for everyday life but nothing fancy. It took a while for the players to piece together that the deity, who referred to himself as Nicholas, and his followers referred to him as a Saint, was in fact Saint Nick.
Huh neat, I like that idea of Saint Nick’s thing being mundane objects, seems to fit well for me.