09-22-2003, 01:20 PM
Mr Big T, once you say Santa Claus, you are invoking the tradition of Saint Nickoulas, a saint in the Chirstian faith. On CHRISTMAS day, a day celbrating the birth of Jesus CHRIST, all the good little (Catholic) boys and girls get presents from good ol' Saint Nick.
A Jewish boy could care less where 'Santa Claus' is even if he lives in New York, because NOT being Catholic, he is taught not to believe in Santa.
To make it simple:
Religion matters with Santa Claus because HE is a religious figure in Christianity.
Then trying to apply Santa to a nation who views Santa as a mythological character associated with a _commercial_ holiday simply doesn't work.
As for realism and Digimon. Take a look at the other series in the Monster Raising Genre: Pokemon, Mon Colle Knights. Those are whimsical in nature is style. In comparison Digimon is real life. Only in a couple rare instances did Digimon break laws of phsyics and they kept within the laws they set for their universe. Digimon may be fictional, but it deals in hard sciences-- not Christian fairy tales.
Sorry, about misintrepeting the idea of 'Where's Santa,' it conjured up the stereotyped shows of 'Santa's missing/kidnapped/dead we have to save Christmas!'
However, good ol' Saint Nick + Digimon + smut is something I don't care to see (Santa Etemon fucking over the Tamers was an exception). And I won't write for it. I do have an idea for Christmas gift using Frontiers characters and hopes that wins so I have a reason to write it.
(Oops. Memory fart again. Juri's religion is unknown. She suggested to Takato to try forture telling after thinking about Takato liking a girl who went through a growth spurt-- which, btw, Juri hadn't been through one. >< lousy dubbers.)
A Jewish boy could care less where 'Santa Claus' is even if he lives in New York, because NOT being Catholic, he is taught not to believe in Santa.
To make it simple:
Religion matters with Santa Claus because HE is a religious figure in Christianity.
Then trying to apply Santa to a nation who views Santa as a mythological character associated with a _commercial_ holiday simply doesn't work.
As for realism and Digimon. Take a look at the other series in the Monster Raising Genre: Pokemon, Mon Colle Knights. Those are whimsical in nature is style. In comparison Digimon is real life. Only in a couple rare instances did Digimon break laws of phsyics and they kept within the laws they set for their universe. Digimon may be fictional, but it deals in hard sciences-- not Christian fairy tales.
Sorry, about misintrepeting the idea of 'Where's Santa,' it conjured up the stereotyped shows of 'Santa's missing/kidnapped/dead we have to save Christmas!'
However, good ol' Saint Nick + Digimon + smut is something I don't care to see (Santa Etemon fucking over the Tamers was an exception). And I won't write for it. I do have an idea for Christmas gift using Frontiers characters and hopes that wins so I have a reason to write it.
(Oops. Memory fart again. Juri's religion is unknown. She suggested to Takato to try forture telling after thinking about Takato liking a girl who went through a growth spurt-- which, btw, Juri hadn't been through one. >< lousy dubbers.)