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So given that the holidays are here, and there’s a lot of abilities in the Cosmere, I wonder: what would the Santa Clause of the Cosmere look like? I think there’s a few main magical properties of the all-powerful shard of St. Nick: Is able to deliver thousands of presents in one night can fit into any chimney and house without making a sound manages to eat an insurmountable amount of food in one night flies around the place in a sled led by reindeers Has a sack that holds a practically infinite amount of presents always knows who is naughty or nice is never caught by anyone and is relatively unknown to society never seems to die, or at least has a very long lifespan. So how would we craft CosmereClause? Some of these are easy, and others are much more difficult. This one is a verrry easy one. There are so many ways to extend your lifespan in the Cosmere. I would say the easiest would be Fifth Heightening, as it also gives a magical aura around you and frees you of any potential sickness. This seems to be a classic case of F-Bendalloy doing its thing. You can eat all you want, so long as you have the metal bracers under your coat. To me, I think this indicates an Edgedancer. It will make it easy to get in and out, and enable a speedy delivery of presents. It also means they are slippery, so law enforcement stands no chance at catching him. Perhaps Santa is also a Windrunner or a Skybreaker? It would explain the flight, but not really the reindeer or sled. And I’m also not 100% sure if being able to utilize the surge of Gravitation would be enough to deliver as many presents as Santa can get away with. There’s a lot of options here, but none of them feel great to me. Maybe they utilize the cognitive realm as a little pocket dimension? Maybe there’s soulcasting of presents? Perhaps soulstamping could even be involved? I think soulcasting would be the easiest to pull off, but it would kinda require the surge of Transformatoon, and not an ordinary soulcaster. As for the general pseudo-Omnicience, I do not really know. I mean, Santa could be a Shard, which would explain a lot, but that seems like a bit of a cop out. What are you folks’ thoughts? What are the secrets of Santa? We must get to the bottom of this.

Another thing I just realized: there don't seem to be any big holidays on Roshar. Brandon Sanderson is so great at world building but I wonder if he excluded holidays on purpose? What with the desolations and all... It would be cool to see what they would celebrate, or maybe even holidays varying by country (not counting, of course, the creepy processions in Kholinar during bk. 3) What do yall think?

Since I finally changed my wall calendar to December I decided to introduce a couple of holiday writing prompts, just for the heck of it. Since it was the first one to pop into my head, this first one will be Christmas themed, but I don't want to exclude any other holidays like Hanukkah, so by all means give me suggestions. Credit will be given to the original creators. The only stipulation is that they have to be random. Like so: First, listen to this lovely modern Christmas carol by famed minstrels Relient K. Prompt: It is Christmas Eve. You are driving your car [make and model of your choice—it doesn't even have to be a car!] when you see a bearded, heavyset man in a red coat hitchhiking. You stop and ask if he needs a lift. He breathlessly explains that his sleigh broke down and he needs someone to drive him around the entire world in just one night so the little children of the world aren't disappointed come Christmas morning. "Whatever you need most, I'll give it to you!" he says. Do you take him up on his offer? If so, why? If not, what happens when you drive away?

Title's pretty self explanatory: What did you get for Christmas this year? My gift list was AWESOME: Partials, Fragments, and The Hollow City by Dan Wells The Rithmatist, The Emperor's Soul, and Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson Earbuds and a mouse for my laptop A couple of little fleecy blankets and a drawn on cup from my sister (she's eleven, it's pretty adorable) The best part was that the majority of my books were SIGNED!!! This gets me considerably caught up on the important fandoms of my life. What about you guys?