Template:Anime Christmas/December 2014

 ''Welcome to this seasonal issue of Anime Christmas. I'm not gonna tell you guys again that I dropped the Fairy Tail manga from my reading list, cause I've done it enough. This article is this month's replacement for The Earth Land Chronicles.  This article was inspired by all those memes and images we see of the anime take on Santa Claus. Given my yearly tradition of changing my avatar for this holiday in spite of not celebrating it, I thought it might be cool to write an article about it for the magazine.  So, this content isn't really gonna be offensive, but it'll be NSFW so if you're there at this moment (or in class), you should probably come back later.  So now,

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It's time to shout "yo yo yo" as you reinvent the traditional Santa Claus phrase for this Christmas season. But are you like me and everyone else older than 10 and don't believe in him? You most likely are but then let's wonder for a bit why we still advertise him amongst ourselves when there are no children involved.

I speak, of course, of the traditional Santa attire worn upon many an avatar upon Fairy Tail Wiki. Though some of our fair members choose simply to open an editing program and place a red hat upon their existing avatar of choice, others choose to change entirely (arguably not always for the better). Others opt not to change at all, and that's of course their decision.

The origin of the modern Santa suit comes from Thomas Nast, who originally drew the jolly old chimney-slider in a tan-colored suit. Said artist later changed it to red, a change which has since become the recognized color for the Christmas icon, due in no small part to heavy Coca-Cola advertisements, red and white being the primary colors of the massive multinational brand recognized for their delicious, tooth-destroying soft drinks..

Of course, you guys are not here to learn about the origin of this but let's ask ourselves something...what is it about Christmas season that makes a lot of us anime fans reinvent it to suit our desires?

Well, let's start with what we already know about anime and its origin. To do this, we'l use an example of something I'm sure a colorful vegetable of ours knows well...

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While I wouldn't call it "distortion" per se, there certainly is a difference between the media over the typical portrayal of Satan between biblical works and Hataraku. Similarly, we've got the same thing going with Santa Claus, as our anime friends here can show you.

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Yeah, there's definitely a ton of this going on, and certainly it's not restricted to the holiday season characters either. But more to the point, it's always happened since the boom of the internet and the melding of cultures across the world. We as anime fans have kinda just took it and ran with it, creating the best of both worlds.

Of course, fans aren't the only ones who've done this. Those behind out favorite anime have done the same thing in some way or another. Whenever there is a group in an anime celebrating Christmas, you can expect to see the Santa suit worn by a main character or two. More often than not, you'll see the female characters dropped into a suit featuring a miniskirt and much like modern swimwear for those with the body to pull it off, that suit'll be split into two pieces.

"Sexy Santa Suits in anime are there for fanservice purposes. Having an actual fat, bearded Santa in an anime wouldn't fit too well with the style of these anime so having a character dressed in that manner fits better. And lets face it, what series doesn't give in to a little fanservice these days? So they put a character in a Santa suit and make them look all good for the fans. I don't really have a problem with it. Especially with FT, we are getting fanservice one way or the other so why not celebrate the holidays with the fanservice."

- Real Godisme

I believe he has hit the hammer on the nail in this case. Shall we take a look?

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But that's enough girls in Santa suits...wait nevermind, there's no such thing as enough. Here, have more.

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Interestingly, or perhaps not, there does appear to be a lack of anime males in Santa suits. A Google search will, slightly before New Years Eve, return about 9,050,000 results when searching for "anime girl santa". Would anyone care to venture a guess as to how many results turn up when searching for "anime guy santa"? Well, that search yielded about 1,690,000 results. Why the despairity? I could blame the "patriarchal, sex-dominated, male-run society" we live in but I'm not a complete loser, so I won't.

But, I will say that more of that wouldn't be a problem if we had more, especially for the ladies we've all come to know. One of them recently decided to speak up on this.

"Well since our wiki is so pervy beyond redemption, you people can go imagine some sort of fantasy of what you want your Santa to give you as "presents" ( -_-) We have such a horrible lack of sexy young man in Santa suits! We need MOAR. I mean seriously has anyone did a Google search?! All I found was sexy girls in Christmas clothes. And as far as I know, I'm not as diverse as some (SPOILER ALERT for whoever needs it) Avatar characters in my sexual orientation, so I'm not gonna fall for those sexy babes. I want sexy guys. RAWRRRRR"

- SunbrownFi

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Any opposition?

Yeah, I didn't think so. In the end people, just go out and enjoy your holiday season, and if you're in the mood, put on a Santa suit. Not all of us (some exceptions) will fill it out perfectly, but that's kinda why they make different sizes. Go out and be that sexy Santa. Make someone's Christmas wish come true!

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"Ho Ho Ho :D"

- Omega

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Why do you think Ultra changes his avatar each year around Christmas? He's just being festive. He's a closet perv and uses the holiday as an excuse. I do not care.

Till next time, guys!