tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post2758926060216610744..comments2024-03-25T18:01:05.147-05:00Comments on A Shroud of Thoughts: Santa Claus on FilmTerence Towles Canotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-44529153557862128702023-08-11T16:15:30.143-05:002023-08-11T16:15:30.143-05:00To amplify with further detail marked with asteris...To amplify with further detail marked with asterisks: <br /><br />In a setting where a literal Santa Claus proceeds per the expected routine, the delivered gifts *which the adults would not recall having wrapped let alone purchased* would seem to resolve any ambiguity as to a literal Santa Claus *delivering gifts*.PB210https://www.blogger.com/profile/17965131848406135993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-34495628524801752092023-08-09T18:20:33.329-05:002023-08-09T18:20:33.329-05:00Expanding upon the reference to the imprecise term...Expanding upon the reference to the imprecise term the hero pulps: I do not anticipate, the Spider, the Shadow, Secret Agent X, Operator 5, the Phantom (Curtis Van Loan), and perhaps further examples ever met an actual paranormal Santa Claus, nor perhaps did syndicated strip heroes (the Phantom, Secret Agent X-9, Mandrake, perhaps further examples). PB210https://www.blogger.com/profile/17965131848406135993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-60778095417023823902023-08-09T17:55:13.139-05:002023-08-09T17:55:13.139-05:00Proceeding further with the situation of a setting...Proceeding further with the situation of a setting where a literal Santa Claus proceeds per the expected routine, while the arrival to a residence of gifts which the adult(s) did not wrap let alone purchase seemingly not removing the most miniscule doubt as to a literal Santa Claus:<br /><br />This situation recalls perhaps Farmer's biographies of Tarzan and perhaps Doc Savage. He attempted to survey their literary adventures as if said escapades had occurred historically, approximately compatible with recorded history. Farmer would assert adventures such the trip to Pellucidar, the realm of a species resembling psychic reptiles, as spurious, as scientists and geologists would have soon located Pellucidar and imparted said realm's location to the general public, with the ensuing cascading socio-political repercussions. Farmer also indicated the sundry other hidden civilizations in these tales as less flourishing than depicted. Society in these novels seemed otherwise largely mundane bar these hidden civilizations, with perhaps general consumer technology at then extant levels. <br /><br />Sidebar: Radio shows of the era might serve as an intriguing medium to search for tales featuring an in-universe paranormal Santa Claus, perhaps particularly for programs which did not usually feature the paranormal. Prima facie, the, to use an imprecise term, hero pulps would rarely if ever feature an in-universe paranormal Santa Claus, as those periodicals rarely featured sorcery. PB210https://www.blogger.com/profile/17965131848406135993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210602.post-41111900170472184042023-08-05T15:54:48.814-05:002023-08-05T15:54:48.814-05:00This article served as a helpful survey of Santa C...This article served as a helpful survey of Santa Claus tales. However, a quirk the article lacks delving into entails the recurring seeming plot hole in narratives where a literal Santa Claus operates per the expected routine. Numerous adults in these settings, seemingly quite familiar with the concept of Santa Claus, seem to reject the notion of a literal Santa Claus. In a setting where a literal Santa Claus proceeds per the expected routine, the delivered gifts would seem to resolve any ambiguity as to a literal Santa Claus. <br /><br />If only the children residing with certain adults, said adults still accepting a literal Santa Claus, receive gifts, the situation seems perhaps resolved to an extent. Presumably, those adults who still accept a literal Santa Claus do not purchase gifts for the particular children residing with them, which in turn raises the inquiry as to the effect of Santa Claus' delivered presents on toy sales. The impression seems, as noted, though of many, perhaps most adults, in the setting rejecting Santa Claus as a literal entity. The setting seems to resemble then extant socio-political conditions/levels of general consumer technology. <br /><br />This situation recalls perhaps Farmer's biographies of Tarzan and perhaps Doc Savage. He attempted to survey their literary adventures as if said escapades had occurred historically, approximately compatible with recorded history. PB210https://www.blogger.com/profile/17965131848406135993noreply@blogger.com