Patreon Prompt 296
Added 2022-12-22 17:53:36 +0000 UTCPrompt: A boy makes a poorly worded Christmas wish and turns everyone (him included) into Santa.
Parking his sleigh in a crooked position, Santa Claus barged his way into his house at the north pole. Though the elves and Mrs. Claus were there to congratulate him on another successful night of delivering presents, he kept his bespectacled eyes focused on his comfortable recliner in front of the TV. Figuring that the rest of crew was ignorant of the chaos across the world, he sat down in his chair and began to flip through the channels.
Each press of the button showed off the same news report. A strange occurrence was being spread across the world by a gust of glittering magic. Whenever this stray wind hit someone, they would develop a sizable belly that jiggled like jello along with a fluffy, white beard to go with their red robes and pointed hats. Though these changes should have freaked them out, each of the victims bore rosy, red cheeks as they let out cheerful cacophonies of “HO HO HO!”
Hearing the gasps of his workers come out as they watched the reporter on TV go through the same transformation, Santa slouched in his seat and rested his chin in his hand. He thought back to a few hours beforehand when during a routine gift delivery a young boy had spotted him in the act. In exchange for keeping his secret, Santa had promised the boy any wish he desired. When he had first heard the request to give Santa more helpers, the pure innocence was enough to make St. Nick overlook the implications. Forced to watch the Santa plague spread across the world, he called out to the elves to prepare him a plate of cookies alongside a tall glass of milk that was over eighty percent hard liquor.
