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This Gay Santa Ad Will Make You Say ‘Love Actually Who???’
In Norway, gay people are treated just like regular people apparently (!!), and the country’s postal service recently released an ad showing Santa fall in love with an absolute zaddy. The, quite frankly heart-wrenching, short film, “When Harry Met Santa,” celebrates 50 years since homosexuality was decriminalized in Norway, and has, obvi, sparked outrage among some of society’s most repressed people.
Some are saying the ad is “creepy” because it “sexualizes Christmas.” Where were these people when “Santa Baby” was released in 1953? (They were probably 20!) And then re-made by every pop star in existence for the last 70 years? Or in the ‘90s when Mariah Carey turned Christmas into the horniest holiday? (Surpassing valentine’s day, which is now the saddest.) I guess just gay Santa is “creepy” and “sexualizes Christmas” — k.
But some other people (those who believe in joy and cumming) think we should celebrate gay Santa and I agree! Santa, or anyone really, getting it in around the holidays is something we should all celebrate! It’s an uncomfortable time of year for a lot of people and if you can meet somebody you connect with, even if it’s by sliding…