[DL] Santa Claws

["Jeff Shoffner" <shoffner@usit.net>]

Been giving the Santa Claus legend some thought.  Someone tried to stat him
but that kind of follows the "if you stat it, they will kill it" notion & I
believe Paul Bunyun & the other guy (???slips my mind) didn't have stats per
se.

What I think would happen is just as the legend descriptions says; Santa
would appear just as people would expect him to.  he'd be this jolly guy (or
old thin guy depending on your background) handing out toys to girls & boys,
etc.  However, like someone mentioned, there would also be the evil little
minion trying to force coal down the throats of bad little girls & boys.
Again, the kids don't necessarily need to be bad, just if folks BELIEVE them
to deserve having coal shoved down their throats.  Most likely this would
kill them.  Hmmmm....  Perhaps a kernal of a dimestore novel....  Posse
finds a town where a passel of kids have been killed with coal shoved down
their throats....

Oh, & I figure some of you are saying, "Why would coal kill these kids?
it's just coal...."  True, but I was thinking more along the lines of a
sizeable chunk being stuffed down a small hole; the coal isn't too toxic,
but the trauma of having something like that forced down a fragile oriface
would cause massive tearing, bleeding, bruising, possible broken neck as the
troll holds the victim still, etc.

Jeff