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!
By coincidence, I’ve had a “Santa AU” story idea for awhile just like this. Maybe material for a Blender short one day if I git gud at animation, who knows.
Furry/Anthro universe, set in near(?)-future. Giant high-tech factory at North Pole makes tons of toys. Huge antigrav spaceships deliver the toys, piloted by “Santa’s” reindeer (All 9: Dasher, Dancer, Rudolph, etc.), split into teams to handle each continent. Dunno if any other workers, or if all automated toy-making. Oldass oil painting of the Saint Nicolas (also a reindeer) hanging on the factory wall; operation inspired by his legendary generosity, continued by generations of admiring reindeer (and other Furry species) throughout the centuries after his death.
Squash in as many holiday tropes and not-so-subtle references as possible – e.g. The Guardians; Dancer makes small-talk about Rudolph and his girlfriend Clarice; maybe squeeze in Vader-San’s Synth species cuz this a techno AU and me shameless simp; etc.