The Anti-Santa, as it were. The monochrome Santa isn’t a Photoshop trick, she’s actually dressed like this with face paint. If you look closely at her neck, you can see where some rubbed off.
Heard of Santarchy? Or Santacon? There have been scores of Santa Mobs around the Christmas-loving world, even here in Toronto. This was shot in San Francisco, where people love getting dressed up in costumes or running naked, whether there’s an event or not.
Music for today: 1984′s Band-Aid singing “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” — can you believe it’s been 25 years since this song was made?!? Between the USA (USA For Africa/”We Are The World”), Canada (Northern Lights/”Tears Are Not Enough”), and the UK’s efforts in the category of cheesy-and-awkward celebrity musicians video to benefit victims of the Ethiopia famine, my favourite was Band Aid due to my longstanding British New Wave junkie phase. I must’ve watched that video at least a hundred times just to fawn over the members of Duran Duran.