Television Crossover Universe

I wasn't sure what I wanted to talk about this Christmas. But then I remembered I had written the following for Television Crossover Universe: Worlds and Mythology Volume II, a book that I started but then ran out of steam. The book is likely never to be published, but I put a lot of work into this essay which is complete so why not publish it here? THE TELEVISION CROSSOVER UNIVERSE TAKES A HOLIDAY: THE SANTA CLAUS MYTHOS Originally Presented in Ho Ho Ho! The Santa Blog and Easter Comes Late...The Bunny in the TVCU and inspired by Gordon Long’s Of Flying Reindeer, Talking Snowmen, and the World's Greatest Toymaker: The Rankin-Bass Universe Timeline "HO HO HO! Now, my friends, I will show you the way the real Santa Claus should look. Please! As if there was such a person as Santa Claus, which is of course absolutely ridiculous in a people's democracy!" Chairman Georgi Koz 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' When children believe that Santa Claus is real, he IS ...

So now that I sent the imp back to his world for another three months... Last year for April Fool's Day, I wrote a post about Batman's joke themed villain, the Joker.  So this year, I'm covering Superman's mischievous fifth dimensional foe. It should be noted that I believe that the imps from the fifth dimensional land of Zrfff on Planet Poppup include Mxyzptlk, sometimes using the alias Mxyztplk, the Impossible Man, Bat-Mite, Quisp, and Larry.  I believe that these beings are what will someday be known as the Q.  It's possible that the Great Gazoo may also come from this world.  Additionally, "witches", as seen on Bewitched, may actually be hybrids created from this race mating with humans at some point in the distant past.   And before I begin the chronology, I want to point out as a point of pride that I've been able to spell Mxyzptlk without looking it up since I was a wee lad. There are three different in-story interpretations of...