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Is Santa Claus real in the MCU?

For so long as the Marvel Cinematic Universe will exist in the collective unconscious of humanity, questions surrounding its canon will continue to pop up, and simplest get more and more convoluted as the franchise is going on. We know, as an example, that Lil Nas X not only exists in the MCU, which used to be confirmed all the way through Shang-Chi’s and Katy’s “Old Town Road” karaoke consultation in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, but was once additionally a survivor of Thanos’ snap, as he launched the music in 2019, which used to be part of the 5-year duration of the Blip.

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The bottom line is that the MCU’s writers are no strangers to crossing the franchise over with the real international, and with the recent unencumber of The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, we’ve been posed the biggest query yet; does Santa Claus exist in the MCU? He may restricted to folklore in our personal world, however through the MCU’s requirements, a character of Santa’s abilities and history may just even be known as mundane.

If we move by way of the Marvel Comics’ historical past with Santa, which we’ve touched on extensively, then the odds of his existence are somewhat top; to give a short lived abstract, Kris Kringle is in reality a real particular person in the comedian books, and is portrayed as a mutant with reality-manipulation powers. But this on my own doesn’t resolution our query; we all know that Marvel Studios isn’t afraid to deviate from the comics, particularly with mutants in specific (looking at you, Ms. Marvel), and we don’t suppose they might be above axing Santa from the canon.

Luckily, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special items us an overly strong trace that the jolly red large is a part of the MCU’s actuality finally.

We previously entertained the question of whether or not Star-Lord believes in Santa or not, and taking into consideration he was once taken from Earth as a small, Santa-age child, and would additionally cross directly to encounter extraterrestrial beings, Infinity Stones, and speaking timber and raccoons in his lifetime, Santa doesn’t look like a a long way bounce for his imagination.

But extra importantly, in the opening musical number of The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, “I Don’t Know What Christmas Is (But Christmastime Is Here),” we very clearly pay attention the lyric “Santa is a bushy freak with epic superpowers.”

Now, it’s completely imaginable that the grapevine of Star-Lord to Kraglin to Cosmo to Rocket may not produce the firmest take hold of on the realities of Christmas in the MCU, however Bzermikitokolok’s description of a super-powered Santa Claus certainly falls in line with what we perceive of the holiday icon in his Marvel Comics appearances. Factor in Star-Lord taking the time to disclaim lyrics that portrayed Santa as a master thief and owner of a flamethrower whilst seeming to just accept the bit about superpowers, and all signs appear to be pointing in opposition to the conclusion that one Father Christmas just could be nestled in the North Pole of Earth-199999.

Should we ever get an indeniable confirmation on the matter, we’re all however confident that the internet has the essential follow-up query locked and loaded; did Santa live to tell the tale Thanos’ snap?

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