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!
Edit: should mention my world is basically cowboys vs indians IN SPACE, and everything is an excuse to have cowboys and indians IN SPACE. Theres culture laws, and the world is a stage play almost. The public schools even teach accents from millenia ago.
The government forms another cultural committee, which in turn creates an new government department. They stage presents at train stations, with significant amounts paid to the railroads. At the end, parents are still in charge of getting them under the christmas tree.
Most people involved are honest, but they fail the audit, and a hundred tons of gold is missing, even though they never needed gold for the project. An inveatigation is opened, turns out it was shipped off world. No one was arrested, but one railroad owner ends up shot by a trigger happy deputy.