And CS Lewis made him useless Santa next to his lion Jesus allegory which you could have a lot of theological debates about but in the end is mostly just kinda funny also.

[–] dexa_scantron@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

He also made him a buff/hot space traveler who fist fights the devil and wins (the protagonist of Out of the Silent Planet/Perelandra is based on Tolkien).

[–] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 5 points 1 month ago

Much better, CS Lewis also made him the cool protagonist of his Cosmic Trilogy

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Wait, Father Christmas in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe was intended to be Tolkien?