![]() ![]() Bears Are Bad News: One of the bogeymen cooked up by Gawain and Twyla's previous nanny was bears that sneak up and devour naughty children who walk on pavement cracks.Batman Gambit: It would have been against the rules for Death to get a human involved in his scheme, so he forbids Susan from getting involved, then pretends to be surprised when she predictably disobeys him.Bad Santa: Death is bad at being Santa.Badass Santa: Like our Santa, the Hogfather is derived from old pagan gods.Queen Keli is the one supposed to take care of it. unusual but it makes sense if you remember the ending of Mort and how all the Sto city state were supposed to merge together. ![]() This makes her choice of occupation somewhat. The Artifact: Susan is the Duchess of Sto Helit, which she inherited from her father Mort, who himself was given the job at the end of Mort.Ambiguous Innocence: A big theme in the book is that children's stories are hardly as sweet as some imagine.Alternative Character Interpretation: Applied in-universe to "Good" King Wenceslas.All Myths Are True: As is traditional for Discworld, a large number of Christmas myths and stories are all happening at the same time.Guard (with relief): Oh, that one! But that one's not very. Teatime: I'm the one where this man comes out of nowhere and kills you stone dead. ![]()
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