Out of season for a Christmas WI but I really like this idea.
Let us say that the author of the Night before Christmas, Clement Moore, dies of some childhood illness and the poem is never written.
Not a major POD it seems at first, but the Night before Christmas actually set the course for the creation of the modern day Santa Claus. It even set down the idea of him giving children presents!
What would Christmas be like without the poem?
Who would replace 'Santa Claus' as the focus of the holiday? Perhaps the original British 'Father Christmas' would be more dominant
Any thoughts?