Tolkien didn't like how Lewis simply plonked Santa Claus into Narnia without a thought to the cultural history of the place. Tolkien would write an epic backstory for Santa, if he included him.
Well, Narnia was never supposed to be completely seperate from Earth: One of the things they say specifically about the Queen's reign was, "It's always winter but never Christmas." If they have Christmas in Narnia, then Santa Claus makes sense. Narnia is allegory for childhood, and Christmas (and Santa) are key elements of childhood in Western Christianity. In that sense, the "cultural history" draws directly from Earth.
I prefer the Tolkein world-building method, but that's so obviously not what Lewis was going for with his books.
Man, "Underlying christian elements in LOTR"? That is like saying the Lion King is an analogy for german nazism, with those dirty long-nosed hyenas forced to live in a boneyard ghetto that then break free thanks to the evil traitor and corrupt the lands and enslave the proud aryan lions...
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I always thought that The Lion King was a retelling of Hamlet.
Actually the Hyena/evil lion song was officially based on Hitler's speeches and Nazi marches, so if anything, they'd be the aryan masters.
Dude, that makes it even worse! Jesus... Walt Disney based the story of german nazism but reversed the roles. He basically goes "the jews were the REAL nazis!"
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Well, Narnia was never supposed to be completely seperate from Earth: One of the things they say specifically about the Queen's reign was, "It's always winter but never Christmas." If they have Christmas in Narnia, then Santa Claus makes sense. Narnia is allegory for childhood, and Christmas (and Santa) are key elements of childhood in Western Christianity. In that sense, the "cultural history" draws directly from Earth.
I prefer the Tolkein world-building method, but that's so obviously not what Lewis was going for with his books.
Dude, that makes it even worse! Jesus... Walt Disney based the story of german nazism but reversed the roles. He basically goes "the jews were the REAL nazis!"
That is messed up
But hardly surprising coming from Walt Disney
And off topic.