Christmasland
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Christmasland is a sinister, otherworldly amusement park realm in Joe Hill’s horror novel "NOS4A2," where eternal Christmas masks the torture and corruption of kidnapped children.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Christmas Land | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
amusement park
ⓘ
fictional location ⓘ otherworldly realm ⓘ |
| accessedVia |
Shorter Way Bridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
inscape ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | NOS4A2 television adaptation ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | NOS4A2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
inscapes and strong creatives
ⓘ
kidnapped children ⓘ psychic powers ⓘ soul-drained children ⓘ vampirism ⓘ |
| belongsToFictionalFranchise | NOS4A2 franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralAntagonistLocationFor | Charlie Manx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastWith |
Vic McQueen’s inscape
ⓘ
real-world Christmas celebrations ⓘ |
| controlledThrough | Charlie Manx’s will ⓘ |
| createdBy | Joe Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| definingFeature |
absence of parents
ⓘ
eternal Christmas ⓘ grotesque decorations ⓘ perpetual winter ⓘ twisted amusement park attractions ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | novel NOS4A2 (2013) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | horror ⓘ |
| hasSeason | Christmas only ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
corruption of innocence
ⓘ
eternal childhood as horror ⓘ perversion of holidays ⓘ |
| inhabitedBy |
monstrous children
ⓘ
transformed children ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | NOS4A2 universe ⓘ |
| masks |
corruption of children
ⓘ
torture of children ⓘ |
| moralAlignment | malevolent ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
physical manifestation of Charlie Manx’s psyche
ⓘ
primary horror setting in NOS4A2 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | NOS4A2 (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruledBy | Charlie Manx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
danger of escapism
ⓘ
perversion of family-friendly spaces ⓘ predatory nostalgia ⓘ |
| targetAudienceWithinStory | children ⓘ |
| timeFlow | distorted ⓘ |
| truePurpose |
feeding ground for Charlie Manx
ⓘ
prison for kidnapped children ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Christmas Land