Hey everyone,
Welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. In keeping with the holiday spirit-
today’s brief video will also touch on the relationship between Harry Potter and Christmas.
More specifically- I’m going to be questioning the existence of a powerful, fabled magical
being. He’s a man with a great long white beard and unquestionable power- and it’s
not Merlin or Dumbledore- it’s Father Christmas AKA Santa Clause.
First, let’s take a look at WHO exactly Father Christmas is- at least from the perspective
of our own world:
“Father Christmas is the traditional English name for the personification of Christmas.
Although now known as a Christmas gift-bringer, and typically considered to be synonymous
with Santa Claus, he was originally part of a much older and unrelated English folkloric
tradition. The recognisably modern figure of the English Father Christmas developed
in the late Victorian period, but Christmas had been personified for centuries before
then.”
So the idea of Santa Clause aka Father CHristmas as a personification of Christmas has existed
for centuries- and in more modern times he has been adapted in to the Jolly, fat, white-bearded
red suit wearing man. Come Christmas time, father Christmas magically shoots Christmas
presents down the Chimneys of houses worldwide- spreading joy. But how can one man deliver
so many presents in just one night? Surely it must be magic.
Which brings me to Harry Potter. Throughout the Harry Potter books and films, Father Christmas
is mentioned a fair few times. In general his name is used in much the same way that
modern people would use it: to describe someone jolly, fat, bearded and prone to giving out
presents- however, maybe there’s more to his existence in the magical world. Maybe
they know something that we don’t. I wonder- is the conventional representation of Santa
Clause REAL in the Harry Potter universe? Father Christmas is either seen or mentioned
(in a magical setting) in the following films: Chamber of Secrets, Goblet of fire, Order
of the Phoenix, Deathly Hallows, and Fantastic Beasts - he pops up quite a lot. So, is he
real?
The beauty of Harry Potter is that in the world of magic anything is possible- and the
fact of the matter is that a man travelling the world and delivering presents to children
EVERYWHERE is well in the realm of possibility for a world where there isn’t really an
‘impossible’. It’s far fetched, but we’ve seen Voldemort achieve pseudo-immortality
by imbuing his soul in objects, Minerva McGonagall transfigure herself in to a cat, Albus Dumbledore
apparate, and Sybill Trelawney predict the future. A man travelling the world and delivering
billions of presents in a single night sounds outlandish- but I don’t think that it falls
out of line that much with these other feats.
We know Merlin existed in Harry Potter, and an adaptation of Nicholas Flamel- and many
other notable figures from folklore. So why not Father Christmas? Why not Santa Clause?
I think Santa Clause is a wizard. Think about it- how could one man deliver presents down
the CHimneys of home’s world wide? Oh, I don’t know - how about the FLOO NETWORK-
a network connecting Chimneys all over the magical world. As far the homes that don’t
have a chimney - Santa is an ancient powerful figure- and i”m more than confident that
he possesses the ability to apparate. Apparition involves basically...teleportation, which
would really come in handy for a man with a task like his. Okay- so what if someone
sees him? How is he able to maintain anonymity? Ever heard of a spell called obliviate? It
wipes people’s memories.
I guess that just leaves one thing- how on earth does he deliver so many presents in
such a short amount of time. Ever heard of a little thing called a time turner? If a
wizard could take control of the only limitation stopping him from delivering these presents
- time - then it’s not outlandish to say that he really could deliver all of those
presents. And how does he keep his workshop hidden? Concealment charms.
In addition to all of the above points- answer me this: who works for santa at his workshop?
That’s right - ELVES- and we know elves to exist in the Harry Potter universe.
I’d love to hear what you guys think about this- but I know one thing for sure- in the
magical world ANYTHING is possible. Is santa real or not?
Let me know what you think in the comment section below
Until next time
Merry Christmas