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Considering the stress, wailing and gnashing of teeth that comes with the Christmas rush, the whining kids and desperate parents, etc. it would seem they haven’t been doing that good a job…

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What about the other weird Christmas traditions? Like the guy that used to follow Santa around to cart the bad kiddies off in his sack (Wikipedia says his name is “Ruprecht”. There’s also the Krampus, who for some reason everyone seemed to notice exists this year. I’m sure kidnappers and Christmas demons have a place somewhere in here.

You know, this is an idea that could go a number of ways. You could use it as a Dr. Strange idea. Or, if you ever wanted to do a thorough mocking of a Dan Brown-style book this would be an awesome choice. “The Christmas Conspiracy” or something. (The only problem with that is that you have a really good shot of writing a better book than Dan Brown has, which probably defeats the purpose of the mockery. Or not.)

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Will "scifantasy" Frank said on December 16th, 2009 at 9:33 am

Does this mean the Santae are responsible for “Do They Know It’s Christmas”?

I hope somebody got demoted for that…

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Beyond awesome!

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You do know that there aren’t any Muslim holidays that reliably happen in the winter, right? Because the Muslim lunar calendar was decoupled from the solar calendar and cycles around the seasons.

Just sayin.

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Lister Sage said on December 16th, 2009 at 9:52 am

Jer:

There’s also the Krampus, who for some reason everyone seemed to notice exists this year.

I blame The Venture Bros.

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What’s the status of Jesus in the Marvel Universe anyway? Does Christopher Hitchens go on the TV denouncing him as a mutant? What do Thor and Hercules say?

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…Wait, so Fox News is right about a war on Christmas? Egads.

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I’d be willing to pick that up in a trade. When does your TPB come out anyway?

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Carlos:

I don’t know the status of Jesus, but I do know that The Thing and Ghost Rider were two of the wise men at his possible second coming.

No, really. Marvel Two-In-One #8. Honest.

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Holy crap. You are going to traumatize so many children.

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I like the idea of an army of magical/warrior Santas.

I mean there have been other ideas close to the theme. There was an old commercial (a credit card, I think) that showed a muscled Santa riding a sleigh with cybernetic reindeer. There was Multiple Santa from the Tick cartoon. PVP is currently doing their annual Santa vs Kringus thing.

And who could forget Bill Goldberg playing jolly old Saint Nick in Santa’s Slay? (Hey, that was an awesome movie)

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I’d have to agree with rbx5 on this one. The Santae doesn’t seem to be spreading much good cheer recently… =(

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Y’know, at the sight of the word “Santae”, I thought this was going to be a bad joke. Turns out it’s a really promising idea!

@ Lister Sage: You beat me to it

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You do know that there aren’t any Muslim holidays that reliably happen in the winter, right? Because the Muslim lunar calendar was decoupled from the solar calendar and cycles around the seasons.

Yeah, but that didn’t happen until the mid-800s. The Santae don’t always get wins.

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Ooh, good answer to the quibble. They could stick with one holiday and follow it around the calendar, or pick whatever’s closest if things need to fall into the winter-time window. Or write off a portion of the world from aiding their spells, I suppose.

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And where do the Belsnickels and Naluyuks fit into this? And what about Zwarte Piet!? Let me guess–he’s the first to die. He always is.

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You know, there are less convoluted ways to set up a story that ends with Doctor Strange dressed in a Santa costume while battling the forces of despair.

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Evil Abraham Lincoln said on December 16th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

@Phil

No, there aren’t.

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Maybe there are less convoluted ways, but are there better ways? I for one think not.

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Considering the stress, wailing and gnashing of teeth that comes with the Christmas rush, the whining kids and desperate parents, etc. it would seem they haven’t been doing that good a job…

Why do you think someone’s getting away with killing Santas?

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I guess this makes Bill O’Reilly one of Earth’s greatest protectors.

Damn, I feel dirty typing that out…

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And don’t forget the Robot Santa from Futurama!

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But will there be a Santae Baby?

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So…the evil otherworldly emotional vampires are in-laws? Somehow, that doesn’t make mine any more creepy.

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If this story doesn’t feature a charge from an elvin army riding magical glowing reindeer, then you’re doing something wrong.

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Mary Warner said on December 17th, 2009 at 8:06 pm

I think this contradicts too many other Marvel Christmas stories to be a good Doctor Strange tale. Do it with Doctor Spektor. I haven’t seen him in years.

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Awesome!

I love this idea. Sometimes in our horror games we get too focused on the might and power of evil and forget that there is strength and power in good as well.

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I’m feeling a great “Hogsfather” vibe from this, and that is Good.

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Also, if the Santae are being killed off, does that mean everyone’s Winter Festival is getting a little grumpier and meaner by the second?

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Krrackknut said on March 15th, 2010 at 10:16 pm

Do I love this? I love this.

The Jovial Secret Brotherhood of the Santae.

Terry Pratchett, a junior brother of the Santae, used his knowledge of the purpose of Christmas to add one of the greatest additions to his already-popular Discworld line of novels.

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