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 ...

 It's become a tradition to post a Xmas themed post every year.  It's also become a tradition that I end up late posting these.  So in keeping with that tradition, it's February and here's this year's Xmas post.  I surveyed the TVCU Crew for what I should cover this year, and Prep and Landing is what was decided, so here we go.   1912 to Present--Santa has appeared on screen since 1912, in over a thousand films and television shows. Not all are TVCU canon. Of those that are, some are of the “real” Santa and some are just a man in the suit, but it’s a TVCU concept that anyone wearing the suit can become possessed by the Christmas Spirit, a magical tulpa like aspect of Jesus. Some of those appearances from the TVCU (or Television Crossover Multiverse) are: BABES IN TOYLAND, ROAD TO UTOPIA, SANTA AND THE FAIRY SNOW QUEEN, I LOVE LUCY, THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM, RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, THE FLINTSTONES, THUNDERBIRDS, BATMAN, MISTEROGERS, THE LION, THE WITC...

You'll shoot your eye out. It's March, and I'm covering A Christmas Story.  It's been a Christmas tradition for me to cover a Christmas themed subject every December 25 on the blog, but I've been a bit behind schedule.  So since we're behind schedule, and we've finally wrapped up the TVCU Crew celebration (It's a major award!) let's get going with Ralphie and his Red Rider BB gun. sometime between the 17th and 18th centuries--TALES OF MONKEY ISLAND--It all makes sense now.  The earliest appearance of the Leg Lamp (chronologically within the TVCU) is this pirate adventure where the the lamp is part of a voodoo curse, and now it all makes sense. 1912 to Present--Santa has appeared on screen since 1912, in over a thousand films and television shows. Not all are TVCU canon. Of those that are, some are of the “real” Santa and some are just a man in the suit, but it’s a TVCU concept that anyone wearing the suit can become possessed by the Chr...