What if Black Templars met Santa Claus? | Warhammer 40K Parody

[@Full_Moon_Studios]

This is one of the weirder things I've created but I wanted to make something for the Christmas season. Not the best thing I've made but considering I got this done from start to finish in less than a week I'm pretty happy with it. Anyway, hope you guys have a Merry Christmas!

[@leighz1962]

Merry Christmas and thanks for the present

[@BrenTenkage]

honestly I think it turned out really good, the animation is nice, and that story feels very Human. Like we've all been there never getting that one present and the Templar questioning if maybe Santa wasn't so bad, before steeling himself to burn everything by the Emperor's will, it feels EXACTLY how that situation would turn out in 40K Now if it was a Salamander I'd feel they be more merciful...but still shoot down santa LOL

[@Full_Moon_Studios]

​@@BrenTenkageI appreciate that! Yeah, I chose the Black Templars because it's really easy to know what they'd do. Plus they're just really fun. Definitely going to do more Black Templars in the future.

[@Full_Moon_Studios]

​@@leighz1962You're welcome sir! Thanks for being here!

[@elultimovijilantedeladismo5130]

No problem doss, your the dest animator of W40 in the present.

[@BrenTenkage]

I love how the fandom agrees that the marines would shoot down santa. But I do like how these marines are actually pausing to thinking about this. And that story of the Templar wanting a present but his parents never got him that...man that right there is a mood, we've all been there

[@atashgallagher5139]

Well it's more like they paused to think, after executing Santa for being an obvious agent of Slaanesh.

[@hopelessedgelord]

It's what he gets for using socercy

[@addisonchow9798]

I wonder how it would be different if the Imperium was aware of Santa being exclusive to holy terra and tolerated his existence as someone that is much older than the Imperium.

[@krel7160]

@@addisonchow9798 "He is exclusive to Terra, you say?" 'Been operating longer than the God Emperor's been on the throne.' "... You indicate the Emperor knew this man?" 'Surely he knew of ol' saint Nick, after all he arrived every year at the same time! One of the few to meet Malcador and be welcomed with open arms, he was!' "Brother. Suddenly I feel as if perhaps we have misjudged this heretic." "The emperor knew this man, and permitted him to live. This man that we have killed." ' "What's wrong, brother?" ' "I no longer feel the emperor's light, brother. As if we have done something to anger him on Terra."

[@whiteeye9584]

well no santa more likly existed in medival times and was not older than emperor@@krel7160

[@dekaw9138]

The Emperor: This is the millionth time I’ve had to revive you! Santa: But I didn’t want to kill them!

[@tanquexplosivoQQQQ]

the emperor :sanguinius i need a little help

[@ValeTheOwl]

I'm pretty sure that the Emperor would HATE Santa and Christmas with a passion. He hates faith, he hates hope, he hates anything that makes humans, well, humans, and he only tolerate blind obedience, atheism and cold logic. Santa, the incarnation of humanity's goodness, empathy and faith in something that can't be seen or touched, is anathema to everything he built the Imperium to be.

[@mill2712]

It would probably be closer to 10,000th or so. But it is funny that Santa is either a perpetual or a close friend of the emperor. "But I didn't want to kill them!" That also alleges Santa absolutely could have axed these guys but chose not to. Maybe because of his pacifistic nature or he recognizes they're important for humanity's survival.

[@tiberiusdawn2042]

Didn't Santa fought darkseid

[@imafireingmylasar]

@@tiberiusdawn2042 That's a different version of santa, not applicable to the 40k universe. However even low balling santa he can survive acceleration and deceleration of like 650 miles per second, i don't think there is anything the emperor of man kind could throw at santa that would do anything to him let alone black templars.

[@brysonfugarino861]

Later that night, the eternal crusader soon became full to almost bursting with coal, every room, every coridor, every nook and crany was filled with the black rocks. This would have been the least of the templars' anger if not for the vox to continually playing a song, one sung by children about how they should watch out, not cry, or pout. But most of all was a single word found in each room on the cealing, one in low gothic, a simple word that made even the high marshall feel the slightest trace of fear "Naughty"

[@Full_Moon_Studios]

Man this made me laugh. Well done sir!

[@brysonfugarino861]

​@@Full_Moon_Studiosold Saint Nicholas is about to give each Templar a stocking stuffer

[@screamingcactus1753]

The really scary thing here is that coal fires are nothing to laugh at, and once they start, almost nothing can stop them. Santa just turned the Eternal Crusader into a time bomb, one errant flame and everyone on that ship is dead.

[@katamed5205]

Krampus is on the loose!

[@TheLumpyShield]

I love this. Like the spirit of Santa is eternal and can't be killed. So he gets his revenge.

[@eg_manifest510]

considering how old Santa would be in 40K, I think its safe to assume that he's a Perpetual and the reindeer are Undivided or non-Chaos daemons that he's bound to his service. Rudolph is also likely akin to a Navigator, with his red nose actually being a third eye or similar appendage utilized for Warp travel. And knowing that he is aware of every child's nature and intentions to the point he can clearly differentiate between naughty and nice, he's probably an Alpha+ psyker capable of planetary-scale mind-reading similar to the Cacodominus. While he would be an exceptionally powerful tool against Chaos, I believe that he's possibly thwarting Chaos by detecting which children are likely to be servants of Chaos. Assuming Krampus is real, perhaps they are one and the same, with Krampus consuming the souls of young heretics before Chaos may taint their minds, which gives Santa his power

[@HansLemurson]

I like this interpretation.

[@mill2712]

That's a better fate than what usually happens when you die in 40K so Krampus is still giving good gifts.

[@captainalex157]

We need a movie adaptation of that, by the emperor!

[@The5thSaints]

I would have never thought Santa and the Cacodominus would be used in the same sentence lmao

[@eg_manifest510]

@@The5thSaints lol me neither, but when you're a powerful enough psyker to know the true nature and behaviour of an entire planet's supply of children you're always gonna end up punching up in powerscaling

[@connormclernon26]

Under that helmet, I like to believe that Templar was in disbelief, stunned at the perfect recreation of something he wanted so dearly from his childhood, and then you see him close his eyes and steel himself for the task that must be done. Now THIS video, is true grimdark.

[@whiteeye9584]

no real grimdark is when you realize that this sword represented his childhood and you know that growing up in 40k is not happy end him burning presents is like throwing his innocance away because there is only war

[@High_Tech_Priest]

little did they know. That the great saint Nicolas would return next year, and he would not be so jolly. It is said that on that day each and every member of the black templars, include the chapter master. was given a single piece of coal. It made them feel something they had not felt in a long time, guilt. when attempting to burn it to fuel their engines, it caused them to rust. And the coal remained untouched. attempting to remove it from their person. or discard it, would end in failure, as they would always find it back in their possession. The coal, like the guilt, could never leave them. Although they would never admit it, the black templars now regret slaying the saint, who now they believe to have been in service to the emperor.

[@blacktemplar1139]

Out of all the variations I've heard of this, this is the most accurate I've seen

[@michaelroy7754]

This is great

[@Knightmare919]

Fun fact: In one comic Santa obliterated the defenses of Apokolips just to give Darkseid coal he do this every single year making santa very op. 😊

[@blacktemplar1139]

That's just Christian lore. Christianity was destroyed if I recall correctly

[@shiggermetimbers]

​@@blacktemplar1139no, it's DC comics

[@maryray4960]

I’m sorry what part of “Apokolips” and “Darkseid” did you not get?

[@reaperaf9511]

​@@blacktemplar1139 yeah no. Apokolips is DARKSEIDS planet in the dc comics universe. It aint christian lore, its just comic book lore.

[@____Carnage____]

@@blacktemplar1139 ah yes DC comics. Pure Christian lore

[@jackgriffi7826]

The Black Templar being sentimental about a toy they never got, was surprisingly human and melancholy for a 8ft killing machine. Also, Santa could sweep most of 40k.

[@Meme-Weeb-Dweeb]

Most? Nah all

[@Richard3rd665]

An Astartes is worth a hundred guardsman. A Custodes worth a hundred Astartes. Santa is probably worth 1k+ Custodes. Dude is so fast he casually visits every home on the planet in one night. With time to chill and eat some cookies at each one. And so strong he carries Gifts (often coal) for the entire planet over his shoulder all at once. Lore for him is busted. GW please nerf

[@riverpowell7114]

Depends on the Santa

[@Xene4Games]

The worst (and best) thing is that same Templar saying "No. Just... burn it all". He lost something very precious, twice. And he felt it.

[@connormclernon26]

@@Richard3rd665Santa is at least an alpha class psyker

[@Warrior-Of-Virtue]

I don't think Santa would go down that easily. Given the things he can do in the stories about him, he would at the very least be an alpha level psycher if not a minor chaos god.

[@JohnBeck-pb9xl]

Omega plus at the least.

[@RetroRadianceLight]

localized time warping powers at the very least

[@aurorauplinks]

well... that and he probably knew the emperor on earth.

[@JohnBeck-pb9xl]

@louisnall3102 attention designation (Santa Claus) the fabricator general "requests" your coordinates and an immediate audience at your local.

[@MrTerrorist]

Plus in the DC comics, Santa managed to defeat all of Darkseid's minions every year in order to give Darkseid coal and never get hurt.

[@michasalamon8315]

Now I want a sequel, when Santa heals/regenerates next year and break into Black Templar’s base to give them coal like he does in DC universe with Darkseid

[@hmmm348]

Probably a demon prince of Slaanesh given all the obsession with gifts.

[@doomfan8603]

@@hmmm348 you see, the difference between Santa and Slaanesh is that Santa is wholesome

[@UsernotFound2018]

I also hope this gets a sequel

[@VerdeMorte]

So much coal they drown & burn in it, bright enough to draw in the Salamanders, who just roast smores at the wreckage knowing Santa would come for them next otherwise...

[@UsernotFound2018]

@@VerdeMorte And... Ah damnit I forgot who immortal son's name is Probably friends with Santa

[@OnyxheartWolf]

The warp storm Big E is gonna psychically create on Holy Terra when he finds out what the Black Templars did, oh boy Helbrecht is going to suddenly get a cold feeling in his soul "we have done something terrible and must atone"

[@thomasfoster7387]

yes, they shot the Emperor's uncle, they better take that blacklung with honour

[@mechaSurge]

Meanwhile somewhere on great Terra: "capitan, have i gone mad or are we getting reports of orks and tyranids RETREATING away from segmentum solar?"

[@HansLemurson]

I was afraid for a moment that they would take the "Nice" list as a list of potential heretics that Santa was going to tempt to chaos, and then end up purging the planet of its best people.

[@serronserron1320]

Don't worry the Inquisition is on the case. Glorious service in the Emperor's name as a servitor for all.

[@Irmarinen]

AGHH! My Exterminatus hand is acting out again!

[@ffwast]

The sword implies the black templars would be on the nice list.

[@thearkitect4254]

I feel like the custodes that get visions from the emperor are gonna get a vision of him saying something like: “There was this group of black Templars that killed a holy saint of ancient Terra. Go fuck em up”

[@achair7265]

Knowing what the black templars did to one custodian. The Custodes will do this task faster than normal.

[@Aureonw]

​@@achair7265"Gladly my lord, we were just waiting for the order."

[@joshuasepeda3289]

It's my head canon that Santa Claus is one of the emperor's shards. He is the part of the emperor that isn't a colossal jerk, only wanting to bring peace, love, and joy to all. It's the only kind of pleasure that Slaanesh can't feed on because it comes from the emperor himself.

[@blacktemplar1139]

​@@achair7265 And then that Aquilon squad will get killed. Don't underestimate the Black Templars, we killed two Custodes before, only at the expense of about 200 battle brothers

[@achair7265]

@@blacktemplar1139 Exterminatus does wonders. Because I know for a fact the black templars will be deemed heretics for even trying anything in retaliation on the Custodes. Who have just received orders from the emperor himself.

[@ColCoal]

Salamanders: Oh Emperor... WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?

[@mustacobra]

Lets be honest, only reason salamanders would be angry is that they didnt get To start that fire

[@mysticlegion8088]

​@@mustacobralol

[@РусланКучеренко-м3б]

​​@@mustacobra I mean, for what Salamanders would tell, the Santa is just a human with psychic powers that handles toys to kids, using his power to deliver gifts that simply have no way of harming people. So the worst they would do is detain him as an unregistered psychic, but find his goal of bringing joy noble, giving it a shot to help him with all that and then bring him to inquisition.

[@LockeLynx]

​@@РусланКучеренко-м3б I SUPPORT THIS!

[@casbot71]

Thanks to Flash Gitz, it's now universally accepted that when a Chapter goes psycho on something _non 40k,_ it's going to be *the Black Templars* who are (ir)responsible.

[@lordgod9958]

I mean black Templars do have a reputation for making stupid irrational decisions *cough* murdering a torch bearers fleet primaris reinforcements *cough*

[@blacktemplar1139]

@@lordgod9958 I don't know what you're talking about, those guys were corrupted, as where those two Custodes. If anything, it's the _Ultramarines_ who are the irrational ones, why force entire legions to submit to _one_ book?

[@VerdeMorte]

​@@blacktemplar1139 See? Now this is why the Black Templars lost Exterminatus privelages. Don't make the Emperor wake up, just to group you with the Lamenters...

[@KoreanSpy1997]

Don't think 'all' chapters are gonna just shoot Santa. I think some like Ultramarine, Salamanders etc etc are gonna just.. tolerate him instead of shooting him.

[@captain-commander8138]

The salamanders would help him

[@brendandonohue2398]

Wrong, Santa would tolerate them

[@CpsLock3]

Lamenters would most likely die in the mountain of presents Santa gives them. and the other chapters will use this as an excuse to give santa a wanted status.

[@captain-commander8138]

@@CpsLock3 there lamenters they have the worst luck

[@krel7160]

@@CpsLock3 "You asked for a med-stimm, and a stuffed space wolf plushie." 'That.. was seven years ago, Kringle.' "Unprotected warp travel takes time, Lamenter. You know this." 'It.. wasn't.. it wasn't for me.' "Then why did you ask for it, young one?" 'It was for them.' "*Oh.*" >Cut to Lamenter and Santa standing in front of a mass grave on an unknown world.

[@cjthebeesknees]

Brother: I am feeling sentimental. Brother: What is this warp trickery!?

[@craigstege6376]

Dude can deliver a gift to every house on Terra in one night. There's no way anyone is catching anything that fast.

[@TheDragonfriday]

Also he knkw exactly your good and bad, he knows when your awake 24/7

[@cynreiusacari3163]

Trazyn can if he really wanted to 😂

[@alexkatc59]

@@cynreiusacari3163 Mission Impossible. Also, "Hippity-hoppity, it is now our Egypt's collection property" - Brittish Museum.

[@matrixtrollmarine]

Templars would.. they are THAT zealous..

[@peikonpoika83]

It is believed that Nicholas was born sometime around A.D. 280 in Patara, near Myra in modern-day Turkey. cute to think that mortals could kill something that is nearly as old as the Emperor himself :D.

[@Aureonw]

Wait modern day Turkey?, wasn't the Emperor also born on modern day Turkey but in Anatolia??

[@charlebrownga]

​@@Aureonwyes! Indeed!

[@LockeLynx]

I'm sensing a pattern here...

[@ODeusdaMorteEpaia]

In fact, Santa Claus/Saint Nicholas is older than Big E. For me he is!

[@irateastartes1206]

I mean the Templars aren't wrong, Santa is either a psyker a deamon prince or just a straight up deamon.

[@redornament3248]

But for a change he is actually a force for good within the Warp, a rarity amongst rarities💀

[@irateastartes1206]

@@redornament3248 Nothing good comes from the warp all of its fruits are tainted, Santa is obviously a servant of Tzneetch and a part of a long running plan.

[@Velgar_Grim]

​@@redornament3248 Inquisitorial agencies are aware of your location. Thank you for the clarification.

[@Sombra_zx]

He is not a Prince demon, he is a Angel King

[@timberwolfbrother]

He is a god of seasonal merriment, uncorrupted by the Warp's influence.

[@surimonizarro9791]

He'll be fine. I think if Santa was to exist in 40k, hed be similar to DC's Santa. Just imagine every year he breaks into the Vengeful Spirit to personally give Abaddon a lump of coal. They can never stop him no matter how hard they try.

[@shresh5156]

Sanguinor gonna pay these marines a visit for ruining sanguinala

[@silverbladeofnorth7345]

sanguinor:You two have kill Brother Santanus of first company Terminator squad during his Sanguinala mission to spread gifts to good children of the imperium?!

[@dinodude6992]

Meanwhile, the emperor of mankind: *spewing a lot warp storms in a fit of rage* Magnus: ugh, what're you angry about this time, father! The emperor: those templars just killed one of my best buds who was just doing his duty! Magnus: who? The emperor: Saint Nicholas, of course. One of the few humans that are actually older than me. Magnus: I have no idea who that is, father. The emperor: of course you wouldn't, you were always on the naughty list for being a nerd. Which reminds me, while Saint Nicholas is going to be busy respawning, I have call another individual on the same likeness as Saint Nick and is just as fast as him. Magnus: who? The emperor: The Grim reaper, and before you ask, not the ctan jerk, the actual grim reaper.

[@NanoNovaBlast]

TTS is so good I can literally hear this conversation

[@bruh8545]

​@@NanoNovaBlastspeaking of tts... Fuck games workshop, i hope they get something worse then coal

[@Crawedfish]

Saint Nicholas is not older than the emperor

[@theenderdestruction2362]

The physical emboimtment of death just gets a call and goes "alright but I gotta talk to the boss and oh Ollanius Pius says hi" then yeah the templar's are dead

[@DEATHSIMBRACE]

You rang? Edit: I just realized after replying KZbin doesn't use my profile name in comment sections and therefore ruins my joke. My name is Nicholas so I hear the Saint Nicholas joke every year.

[@marqofthedwyne]

This wasn't even a fight, it was an straight up execution.

[@killerhellhound]

because santa didnt want to hurt them

[@channelswolfbrigade]

Santa one taps them, no diff. Held back cause it’s Christmas and wanted the Astartes to look cool. He’ll get his get back next year.

[@daamlop8946]

Yes, and they were great.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

The Templars leave. There's a shimmering in the fire and then, hovering above, is a fully intact Sleigh, Santa and Reindeer, ready to continue their mission.

[@blacktemplar1139]

@@channelswolfbrigade How could a frail man from a dieing religion possiblely pose a threat?

[@ger5956]

“No little German boy! Don’t join the Black Templars!” 😂

[@blacktemplar1139]

Oi mein gott, das Codex Astartes ist Bullsheisse

[@DirgeOfCerberus111]

Pretty sure Santa is at least a minor warp entity, stemming from very ancient human beliefs and practices on Old Earth that persist into the 41st millennia in altered forms. So long as the spirit of Christmas exists, in whatever form, he'll keep coming back. Those Black Templars are getting coal next year. And if not, Emps is probably going to apologize after rezing him again lol

[@blacktemplar1139]

Not exactly, Christianity, which is where Christmas stems from, was destroyed when the Emperor first decided to make a move

[@DirgeOfCerberus111]

@blacktemplar1139 Within the 40k community and fandom Sanguinala is heavily associated as basically being 40k Christmas with Sanguinius fulfilling the role of old Santa Lightning Claws. Granted the above isn't a true canon example, its just fun.

[@blacktemplar1139]

@@DirgeOfCerberus111 Ah, I see

[@blacktemplar1139]

@@DirgeOfCerberus111 I keep forgetting December is still a thing within 40k

[@Leo-yr5jb]

@@blacktemplar1139 They use cross and it (Christmas stems)

[@lukkaredwolf3534]

Probably would have been for the best to have Santa officially listed as a sanctioned Psyker.

[@РоманЧерников-5ый]

The whole essence of warhammer in 5 minutes. I don't know what to add

[@Cobracommander1986]

If Darkseid and other comic book villains couldn't stop Santa, I doubt a space marine could.

[@ThatSlowTypingGuy]

Brother, where did the body go?

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@ThatSlowTypingGuy There's a shimmering in the fire and then, hovering above, is a fully intact Sleigh, Santa and Reindeer, ready to continue their mission...whoosh, they disappear into the Warp.

[@jadonberg9364]

That said, Tim Allen did manage to kill him

[@blacktemplar1139]

This ain't the comics, this is 40k. Vastly different in writing

[@TemplarBlack.]

"All i wanted was to spread joy !" "What is joy ?" BANG

[@MinhHieuNguyenChannel-wb7ic]

Santa and Deer

[@DocWolph]

Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, ascended to a "daemon prince" on the belief of countless people through the ages. He can not die or be killed by mortal means and will forever influence good will, charity, and giving among all living beings. HE WILL BE BACK. Keeping in mind, not all daemons are evil vile creatures. In fact, according to e GW, the Warp is still mostly good. But like an otherwise good neighborhood, it only takes a few thugs to make it seem all bad. You know the Salamanders get Santa's best gifts.

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

Meanwhile Santa: Oh thank goodness I always have trillions of clones. Note to self when coming to this universe arm my transport with weapons of overpowered unknown origin weapons that not even this universe's gods can destroy. Nor anything that exists in it.

[@Mr._Galaxywide]

best bring the DC clone and his sleigh for this one.

[@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233]

@@Mr._Galaxywide you mean Lobo ?

[@Artemis_The_Jolteon]

And then next year Santa returns with an unstoppable army to bring peace and joy to the Galaxy once and for all

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Doesn't Santa use Elves as his servants? Some sort of Warp evolved Eldar perhaps, in green fabric looking armour.

[@blacktemplar1139]

​@@Thurgosh_OG In that case, his attack would result in complete failure. Eldar are incredibly weak

[@cjthebeesknees]

Me as the Chaplain: Hand on his shoulder, Brother… that brought a tear to the Emperor’s eye.

[@LockeLynx]

And NOT in a good way...

[@ayushpurohit8266]

I like to think that Santa can't be touched by any character of any fandom, Marvel, DC, Warhammer...

[@YouAreStillNotablaze]

But can he beat Goku?

[@ayushpurohit8266]

@@YouAreStillNotablaze Poke him with a needle

[@Super_Citizen_Paimon]

​@@YouAreStillNotablaze That's the wrong question to be asking in regards to Santa Claus.

[@nonya1366]

@@Super_Citizen_Paimon Ther question is 'how hard can Santa beat Goku." The answer is "By providing something so touchingly related to Goku, that it causes his heart to burst with joy."

[@lucky_shot8331]

The funniest thing is if I’m correct, Santa always gives darkside fucking coal every Christmas and darkside does his absolute best to stop him but fails each time 😂

[@notlistening6499]

The aftermath of an astartes realizing he has been genuinely tempted by nostalgia is the same astartes pulling out the flamer

[@mistertea4487]

"Your words are wasted on me witch"😂

[@Adino1]

Santa was always a warp entity. All the letters and wishes from kids manifested him long ago. He'll be back, and not in thousand years, but next Christmas.

[@khylerbane4523]

Santa after he revives and rematerializes: *beating around the bush* now until now I had *never* wished harm upon another…” Krampus: “It’s the Black Templars, Chaos, or Drukhari, isn’t it Klaus?” Santa: “Yes.” Krampus: “No need to ask brother, I’ll take care of it.” Santa: *relief* “Oh thank Gods.”

[@A_random_nerd]

"You did fu$&ing what to the aspect of the sanginor?!?!?!"-the blood angels upon finding this out

[@justanaverageguy912]

Santa would kick any marines ass, just think about it: 1. has a sled that is able to traverse the entire globe, visiting any good child and deliver presents in a single night. 2. can carry several hundreds of tons of presents completely on his own. 3. despite being a rotund man, he fits into every small nook and crevice, pointing towards an uncanny ability to fit through the tiniest of spaces, possibly even walk through walls. 4. is completely intangible during traveling and delivering mountains of presents. 5. can consume several tons of milk and cookies in a single night. 6. most likely an perpetual, as he has been around for millennia at this point. 7. knows when you are sleeping, knows when you are awake, basically omniscient when it comes to what people are doing. the only thing a space marine could hope to achieve in this battle is being put on the naughty list.

[@leighz1962]

Crowd: "She's a witch!"

[@jarjarbinks3360]

Honestly, this is pretty damn funny. I thought the one Templar was going to kill the other, thinking he was succumbing to Chaos...

[@tzulandrier5819]

Damn Templars. Now Hans will never get his new shovel.

[@MinhHieuNguyenChannel-wb7ic]

And Chainsword

[@GenStallion]

About dam time! This guy has been evading the police for centuries. Batman style just for the win

[@khylerbane4523]

Imperial Fists: “And *this* is why dad hates you and disowned Sigismund.” Black Templars: “Lies, Heresy!” Local centurion: “No.”

[@Holammer]

This could have taken a Santa Clause direction (the 1994 Tim Allen movie). A naughty child trembling in his bed as a hulking Santa smashes through the wall. Walks up to him, hands him a piece of coal while declaring: "I have checked my list twice and you have been found wanting! For next year, be good for goodness sake!"

[@mechaSurge]

And the Christmas present for the big E was the complete disappearance of the black tempelars, replaced with statues of pure coal good enough to use in the warp drives.

[@Cyberpsychos_Dirge]

“You’re telling me this single man visits every human household across the Galaxy in one Terran night? Sounds like use of the Warp, and THATS HERESY!”

[@Mr._Galaxywide]

The man once known a Nicolas waits till the agents of his once friend were distracted to slip away from the so called "angels." He feels the urge to spit and curse the name of the man who elected to give them that tittle and the irony of it. Tt had been around 44 thousand years since he learned of his curse. Like the one who called himself revelation he to had become something more due to the adoration of mortals. Many have called him a god, a deamon, an angel, or a heretic. The rage inspired by those insults infuriate him, especially the final one considering how much effort he put in his mortal life to weeding such people out. Then again even those who shared his faith have committed actions similar to those of the Imperium and the Inquisition. Even now he finds the name of the latter amusing and ironic. While he is waiting to regain enough power to recall his sleigh he is filled with sadness at the reminder that the last "of his kind" who shared his faith perished some odd 10 thousand years ago, even now he misses his occasional chats with old Olli and hopes he is at peace in the next life.He ponders on how strange it was was how much the perceptions of the common folk changed him and his appearance. He still remembers the first time he brought presents to the entirety of earth, or terra, or whatever the people call mankind's homeward now. He members how the aria where he delivered gifts slowly grew at an imperceptibly small rate until it encompassed the globe, and latter many other worlds as mankind's presence spread throughout the stars. He remember how the sins of monsters called the elderi forever cursed the galaxy causing such debochery that a portal to hell itself was ripped into the realm of mortals. The sadness and death caused by this event nearly broke Nicolas, if it wasn't for the joy in the faces of the children whom he gave gifts to he might have even lost faith. Over the millennia he waged to regain enough power to start his old rout once more. Despite the best efforts of revelation stories of his prescience remained in a few world across the galaxy, and it still does until this day slowly spreading across the galaxy of and old man in a sleigh clothed in red and white. While he muses to himself his sleigh re-materializes and he once more mounts himself upon his seat, he members to check his list one more time before he continue his journey and he sets off.

[@ODeusdaMorteEpaia]

Absolute cinema.✋🏻😐✋🏻

[@RAPTOR948]

Let's take note, in other forms of fiction, Santa has been a viking, a mutant, and a paranormal being, and in all cases not as a family-friendly Christmas movie, he's been a real badass. A warrior capable of soloing entire universes, precognitive awareness, etc. If Santa were kept true to this, he'd have the Black Templars humbled. Then he'd gift them purity seals, and details on worlds infested with furries that needed to be purged.

[@kn1ne]

The Inquisitors are going to take issue with them killing Saint Nicholas.

[@jomonkey2758]

“Only the emperor holds such omnipotence” “Brothers… did we shoot down the emperor or one of his divine aspects?”

[@luzifershadres]

After examinin the list further, the black templars found their names on the good side of the list with a special note for their loyality to the emporer. After a view minutes, their names moved to the naughty side with a note of shooting down a blessed beeing of the emporer. It was then when thier realise their mistake. A view hours later, the Inquisition arived with the man clouthed in red they shoot down earlier. He said:" It seems you refused the gifts of the emporer. He revived me, an old friend, to help him gifting his children for their Service, for the first time in eons. Now their are several sad space marines without a blessed holy toy."

[@daver4435]

I always kind of wondered how a conversation between Santa and Konrad Curze would go…

[@TimeTravelMaster]

Merry Christmas to you as well, Full Moon! Remember be good for goodness sake or the Inquisition will visit your home for Christmas and receiving coal will be the least of your worries. 🎄🎅🎁

[@igorgorczynski6339]

The Santa Claus is way too powerful for Black Templers. In real live they would stand no chance against him.

[@justme42300]

Hearing the younger battle brother say "Burn it", you can feel him get choked up with a tear under his helmet. He knows they killed a potential saint, but also knows his battle brothers would not believe him.

[@aurorauplinks]

If you want a deeper hook for the story, next time include the names of the space marines, and their naughty vs nice contributions, and then a gift for each of them to change the course of their lifes... for the better of course. for the emperor.

[@atashgallagher5139]

Ok, santa does give off some heavy greater demon of Slaanesh vibes what with all of the consumerism, and the naughty and nice list, and the lavish north pole sweatshop, and the focus on material wealth and merry making and joy above all else.

[@theduke7539]

I subscribe to the idea that Santa would absolutely merc them. You dont survive thousands of years of war and still deliver hope by being so jolly

[@arthurpetrin3653]

Ok... But, if this was DC's Santa Claus..... It would be waaaay different

[@iwasherefilms4746]

Low-key don't think Santa would go down using normal weapons, mans a true force of nature

[@FurryEskimo]

I mean, I literally remember Santa being an example of Chaos. That the culmination of these beliefs may cause presents to simply appear, and eventually glimpses of the entity, but eventually it might gain sentience and crave more, substance, and control, so it may take actions that lead more people to believe in Santa, and it becomes a runaway effect, where a good idea goes sour because it wants to perpetuate its existence.

[@swaginton1180]

My head-canon is Santa’s a perpetual like the emperor is. He’ll come back. He always come back, so long as there are children who need him.

[@MinhHieuNguyenChannel-wb7ic]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RELOADEDFI]

Santa looking at them trough binoculars from afar chuckling, patting at rudolf "Merry Christmas to you too boys, kinda wonder who put you to the nice list..."

[@AdrenalStorm]

What if Black Templars saw kids dressed up in costumes going trick or treating on Halloween? :D

[@Nyghtking]

I kind of like the idea that after they leave Santa just gets up, sighs, snaps his fingers restoring everything, and then says to himself "They mean well, but every year it's the same thing, it's tragic what the universe has done to them and people like them." before taking off to finish his deliveries because Santa holds no ill will toward them, just sadness.

[@WorshipperOfKhone]

Welp, knowing Santa logic, that Black Templar is gonna become Santa.

[@connormclernon26]

So it’s a Lucius the Eternal situation?

[@achair7265]

@@connormclernon26 Somewhat. They are still going to be themselves. They just mantled the current Santa. Now they are bound to the responsibilities of being Santa Claus while inheriting the powers. Though as from what the movies portray they will adopt aspects of and eventually the entirety of a whole stereotypical Santa like persona.

[@daskraut]

those templars were extremely lucky to catch santa, considering how bloody fricking fast he can move from place to place...

[@elultimovijilantedeladismo5130]

¡Happy Sanguínala!

[@cWilliam818]

And then they find out Santa worked for the emperor as his eyes to find those children that can be trusted in the future

[@drawbyyourselve]

The truth is papa Dorn scorned the idea of santa clause. Entering a House through the chimney is not a suitable way to entré a house.

[@joshuasepeda3289]

And just like that, everyone in the imperium gets nothing but coal stuffed in the worst places every year until the end of time. Also, the emperor would just vaporize that marine chapter for shooting one of his shards. Santa Claus being a shard of the emperor is my head canon for Warhammer 40k.

[@ODeusdaMorteEpaia]

For ME, Santa Claus/Saint Nicholas is older and powerful than THE Big E

[@TheGeoCheese]

That Dark Templar holding the wooden sword is thinking to himself “what have we done!?” 🤣

[@coolmariobros759]

Merry Christmas lad!

[@Buttons99]

Nah men, the fact that he had the audacity to share joy is heresy in and of itself.

[@wilsonriley1856]

As it turns out, the Night Lords are quite aware of Santa, and are big admirers of him… The version from Futurama anyways.

[@doctorcorvus1319]

It’s probably a good thing that this is normal Santa and not Marvel or DC’s Santa, because he’s a whole different breed of determined

[@wufy9]

If Santa Claus existed in WH40k he would be akin to a God of the warp created by humanity like the Eldar gods.

[@zachhughes9149]

Santa is a perpetual and one of the Emperor’s oldest and truest friends. The Black Templars would probably be in trouble.

[@ShineyFace1337]

Everbody knows the north pole must always have a boss, who ever offs santa must carry his mantle and become the new santa

[@Reptileus]

Meanwhile On Terra: The Emperor: *Sigh* Fucking Templars! THIS IS WHY MY EMPIRE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS!

[@aidkik580]

Wow for a short this was very well written an animated, thumbs up 👍

[@BewareTheCarpenter]

If Santa was fast/ strong enough to deliver all those presents and smart enough to spy on/ remember everyone you're talking about a being that could force Horus to dig his own grave.

[@bisk-]

being powered by belief in popular culture, santa probably would be a warp entity

[@korawitmabua563]

I have wonders how Santa claus view the salamanders space marine with they have done so far in 40k settings

[@ODeusdaMorteEpaia]

"Good boys" Only

[@nonya1366]

Some say that the astartes lose their humanity when becoming angels. I'll wager, that they still have far more to lose. Either in blind zeal or in obedience. Perhaps this moment, and many others, will cause even the twin hearts of a demigod to break in despair. As the last vestiges of humanity crumples. Perhaps this moment will live on within the geneseed itself, for future aspirants to ponder. To re-live. As Santa, has survived the purge of belief once before. A mere boltround will not be enough. Call upon the Silent Sisters however...

[@snowluna4592]

When Santa back into warp: "Hey, Anatema, your creation destroyed my things million times, and you just... sit on that chair to watch, bro? Just go into warp and revive to fix your minions!!!"

[@Xion_Toshiro]

I don't think Santa would go out that easily - dude's level of power is that of quantum physics

[@dejansiou5189]

Wow nice space marine backstory

[@rockhellien]

Brothers what have you done, do you not realize that Santa and the Emporer are like best buddies.

[@oskarkrolak9523]

Looks like the Grinch has found new allies for his everyday mood

[@Acesahn]

I really wanted them to fall under Christmas cheer and Santa to bring himself back to life lol. Alas, grimdark writers gotta ruin everything, even Christmas.

[@crabhater9373]

I think santa would not be slow enough to be killed by templars considering how fast he is. In one night he can give every human on earth presents or coal without being detected.

[@m.t.fguard8309]

This must be an extremely nerfed Santa, now this was the DC comics Santa who broke through all of darkseid's defenses and managed to break through his sacred vault which not even Superman charged with the power of the sun could break through just to give him a single piece of coal and walk away without a single scratch on him the space Marines would have no chance of survival, plus I'm pretty sure only a few chapters would realize exactly who he is such as salamanders and would probably jump out of their armor in excitement because Santa is still talked about in modern 40 k just that he seemed sort of like a warp entity (which he probably is)

[@WilliamAGould]

More weird than anything. Funny, would be Robo-Santa from Futurama explaining through raw firepower to Space Marines how they have been naughty.

[@Crowbars357]

The Black Templars would be the ones to do it

[@Zsoltosz1]

Just another example that 40k's world destroys anyting good and nice. I hate its depiction of a future. But I can not look away. Like a train wreck, it inspires a morbid curiosity. Mary cristmes to you al.

[@andresmarrero8666]

That's why I want to inject that place with any source of good I can find via crossovers. Balance shall be obtained one way or another.