I’m still not used to Christmas being in the summer. That, plus the fact that I’m not seeing my family for the holidays for the first time in … I dunno, 15 years? … made Xmas sort of sneak up on me this year.
Until we saw this. This monster Santa, in the middle of the town square.
You sit in his spread-eagled lap, like an unwitting sacrifice to the red-suited malignant god of bad children’s nightmares. The sad eyes, the over-large, overly-red mouth…
Eventually, the insidious magic worked its effect, even on us.
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December 19, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Jake
So instead of being groped by the TSA, this year you’re being groped by a creepy Santa. Hmm. Win?
December 20, 2010 at 1:09 am
Tony Meyer
You should have seen what the Auckland giant Santa looked like until last year (http://www.aucklanddailyphoto.com/2009/12/11/santa-on-queen-street/). Truly scary stuff.
December 20, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Rebecca
I lived in AKL for nearly 2 years, so I know the “creepy” Whitcoll’s Santa. What is wish NZ and creepy Santa’s?!
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