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December 23, 2008
The Gay Man Who Imagined Santa Claus
Is Santa Gay? No, not the original St Nick, Nicholas of Myra, whose propensity was for leaving coins in shoes left out for him. (Slightly more suspicious is that he’s the patron saint of sailors, and we all know about sailors.)
No, the Santa I’m talking about is the iconic, white-haired bear in the red and white suit whose iconic appearance was perfected by a gay man: Joseph Christian (J.C.) Leyendecker, America’s foremost early 20th century illustrator and the man who popularised art in advertising.
3:19 pm Gay History, J.C. Leyendecker, Santa Claus
(Be the first to comment)Today’s Christmas Playlist
I put my Christmas songs into playlists by albums, but I do not have full albums to these individual songs. So I made a playlist. This is what I’m listening to right now.
1 It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Andy Williams
2 Christmas in Jamaica Brent Dowe
3 Run Rudolph Run Chuck Berry
4 Zat You, Santa Claus? Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band
5 On Santa’s Way Home Marc Broussard
6 Jingle Bells James Taylor
7 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Michael Bublé
8 Step Into Christmas Elton John
9 Christmas Wrapping The Waitresses
10 Christmas Blues Traveler
11 Same Old Lang Syne (Album Version) Dan Fogelberg
12 Christmas Song Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds(silence – 30 seconds)
13 (There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays Perry Como
14 Better Days Goo Goo Dolls
15 Santa Baby Madonna
16 Merry Christmas Baby Chuck Berry
17 Baby, It’s Cold Outside Margaret Whiting And Johnny Mercer
18 Winter Wonderland Johnny Mercer
19 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry
20 Do You Hear What I Hear? Andy Williams
21 Ding Dong! Merrily on High Chanticleer
22 Christmas Eve In Washington US Air Force Concert Band and Singing Sergeants
23 O Holy Night Kurt Herbert Adler, Luciano Pavarotti & National Philharmonic Orchestra of London
24 Silent Night Sarah McLachlan



