Muscle Santa effect

A wide street where he tows the loaded sleigh himself at a steady walk. a wide shot down a snow-covered residential street at night, a white-bearded man in a red fur-trimmed coat walking towards camera towing a fully loaded wooden sleigh behind him by a single rope over one shoulder, two unhitched reindeer trotting along beside him with nothing to pull, the rope taut and the runners cutting two clean lines in the snow, his pace never changing, the camera dollying slowly back ahead of him

A wide workshop where he carries a stack of crates down the whole floor. a wide shot of a long workshop hall lined with benches, a white-bearded man in a red fur-trimmed coat walking the length of it carrying four stacked crates of plain wooden toys braced against his chest and chin, the stack taller than his head and steady, the floorboards bowing slightly under each step, hanging lamps swinging as he passes, the far double doors opening ahead of him, the camera tracking backwards down the aisle

He braces both palms on the brick and presses himself up the flue. a white-bearded man in a red fur-trimmed coat wedged inside a narrow brick chimney shaft, he sets both gloved palms flat on opposite walls, braces his forearms and presses himself upward hand over hand, the coat sleeves stretching over the arms, soot raining down past him and brick dust falling off the walls where he grips, the square of night sky above growing, the camera looking straight up the shaft

He hangs from a porch beam and hauls himself up with the sack still on. a white-bearded man in a red fur-trimmed coat hanging from a porch beam by both gloved hands with the loaded sack still slung across his back, he pulls himself up until his chin clears the beam, holds for a beam-creaking second and lowers slowly, the sack swinging with him and the beam dusting flakes of paint down, his boots well clear of the boards, porch light from the side, the camera level with the beam

The red coat falls open by the fire to show a powerlifter frame underneath. a white-bearded man in a red fur-trimmed coat standing at a brick hearth with his back to the fire, he unbuckles the wide belt and lets the heavy coat fall open, showing a powerlifter chest and shoulders under a plain red vest instead of the round shape the coat suggested, the fur collar dropping back across the traps, firelight raking the definition, his expression cheerful and calm, the camera low and tilting up

A stacked crate of wooden toys goes overhead in one strict press. a white-bearded man in a red fur-trimmed coat with the sleeves rolled up standing on a workshop floor, a tall crate packed with plain wooden toys at his feet, he lifts it to the chest, resets his grip and presses it straight overhead in one strict slow movement, the boards of the crate creaking and the toys settling inside, his boots planted and the floorboards flexing, lamplight from a bench, the camera square on and slightly low

A wide clearing where he drags a loaded sled uphill through deep snow. a wide shot of a moonlit forest clearing, a white-bearded man in a red fur-trimmed coat dragging a heavy timber sled loaded with sacks up a snowy slope on two ropes, leaning into the pull with each stride and breaking a fresh track through knee-deep snow, the sled runners throwing up powder behind, breath clouding hard in the cold, the pines still, the camera holding wide from the top of the slope

A bulging sack goes onto one shoulder and up a snowy pitch without a pause. a white-bearded man in a red fur-trimmed coat crouched on a snowy roof beside a bulging hessian sack twice his own width, he takes the neck of it in one gloved hand, swings it up onto one shoulder in a single clean movement and walks straight up the pitch of the roof without slowing, the tiles compressing under his boots and snow sliding off behind him, the camera tracking alongside at shoulder height

A wide rooftop where he strips the coat and the silhouette changes shape. a wide shot across snowy rooftops at blue hour, a white-bearded man in a red fur-trimmed coat standing at a chimney stack, he shrugs the heavy coat off and hangs it on the stack, leaving a broad-shouldered strongman silhouette in a plain red vest and braces against the sky, steam lifting off his shoulders in the cold, the coat swinging on the brick behind him, the camera holding wide and low on the tiles

He takes the back of a loaded sleigh and lifts it out of deep snow. a white-bearded man in a red fur-trimmed coat standing behind a loaded wooden sleigh sunk to its runners in a deep drift beside a stable, he grips the back rail, sets his stance and lifts the whole rear of the sleigh clear of the snow, the runners breaking free with a crust of ice, two calm reindeer in the traces turning their heads to watch, snow packing under his boots, the camera low beside the runner