You’d better not pout, you’d better not cry, and if you happen to be a mall Santa, you’d definitely better not be gay.
Following the release of a new documentary called I Am Santa Claus, the mall Santa community (don’t underestimate them, they know when you’ve been sleeping) has their respective beards is a twist over the inclusion of a — gasp — gay Santa Claus.
The film follows all sorts of seasonal Santas during their winter stints as well as the rest of the year, when they do things from BBQing a mean rack of ribs to selling real estate (have you seen the price of a one bedroom in the North Pole lately?).
But one of the Santas, Jim Stevenson, is gay. And for many of his would-be jolly brethren, that’s a line that just shouldn’t be crossed.
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Some of the more prominent Santas have taken to Facebook to voice their outrage:
One YouTuber agreed, writing:
“So, Santa Fag makes his film debut? How disgraceful! We, as a society, have become TOO accepting of immoral lifestyles. Fags need to be shamed not paraded around.”
Director Tommy Avallone told Vice:
“[The Santas] couldn’t actually say what they were upset about, because they didn’t want to seem like blatant homophobic people, they would just say they don’t feel that we should “ruin the magic” of Christmas. We got called the armageddon of Santa World, we got told we were going to be on the “very naughty” list and that we would stay there for a very long time.”
What’s next, a black Santa? Think of the children!
The real irony is that one of the other Santas in the film works at a sex club when he’s not bouncing children on his lap every holiday season. Sex club Santa? Well, everyone has their quirks. Gay, committed relationship Santa? The horror!
Here’s the trailer, which features Jim Stevenson as well as sex club Santa:
Jonty Coppersmith
Santa, a fictitious character is being played by a gay actor. Oh my! Haters are gonna find any excuse to hate.
DarkZephyr
I wish the names of the homophobic douche bags had not been hidden.
CoachS
Apparently the first Twitter Santa didn’t get to go through elf class with Hermie and the gang when he was young. His understanding of ownership indication with an “apostrophe S” is somewhat disturbing for a guy who plans on coming down my chimney. Well – “only in American” I guess.
Gothrykke
I wonder how many kids have been ‘touched’ by these homophobes.
Curtispsf
OMG…I just realized my little daughter has been sitting on the lap of a Santa Claus who is probably attracted to girls and gives them candy to make them smile.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Says the men who count the days down thru the year until they can have hundreds of little children sit on their laps every day for weeks……….
Ms Urethra Johnson
But where’s “Leather Santa”??? Spank me Sir, I’ve been a really really bad “boy”…
Tony G
These folks work in retail. Do you know how many of us work in retail? They are surround by gay people all day, you’d think they’d be more enlightened.
Jesse Cerna
hey…i know the gay santa he is a very nice man.