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nor do they need santa to operate because its all for the sake of christmas and goodness. that exists without him and their magical spirit wouldnt give up if he were gone. hes just the guy at the top pretending to do anything while the elves are the entire workforce. at the very least he could be doing the job of judging kids but yet again fucking anybody u pull out from the street can do that
so if santa were to die, all the elves need to do is kidnap a random guy who has good enough will, explain the importance of christmas and train him on sitting on a sleigh and let him decide if timmy did something bad
the only reason hes big fish is cause the illusion that he is
stop pretending the guy overlooking a factory is an irreplaceable part in keeping it running. the elves simply like doing what they do so they would quickly find a replacement to keep things smooth, and that is if they dont realize that they dont even need a mascot like santa to be there to keep christmas going
mind you, they can keep up the image that santa is there but he doesnt need to really be
so actually, it could be that santa died a very long time ago and the elves already operate without him. but using a mascot like him as a front simply makes it easier to keep kids in check
damn it makes sense that's why they say santa isnt real but never anything about the elves in particular