Some of these Soviet postcards I brought from Russia are downright hilarious. My favorite ones are those implying – completely unintentionally of course – that Russian Santa “Ded Moroz” is gay.
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As a baby, Santa displayed a penchant for classical music, theater and ballet.
Here he is swishing gaily through the forest in an flamboyant maxi coat, smiling slyly, as deers look on in admiration and awe.
At the age of 50, Santa offers a small boy a ride on his… sleigh.
And finally: Santa comes out… in style!
Merry Christmas everybody!
I have lots of gay friends and every time we hang out I’m flabbergasted by how crude gay humor can be (these cards pale by comparison!). One of my favorite gay epics is Queer Duck, written by one of the guys from The Simpsons. They once did an episode called “Santa Clause is Coming… Out” - it’s number 19 if you wanna check it out. Be warned though: definitely, positively, 100% NOT WORK SAFE!
Have a festive weekend, deerlings! :)
Haha! I’m from Sweden and in Sweden the christmas postcards looks like that too.
LOL. Gay ded moroz ia a lot more exciting than our santa :-)
Doe you should send retrofuturist to Dita von teese somehow!she is always looking for new reds!
Aah, I love Queer Duck! Every time I visit & I’m subjected to a conversation between the sports-obsessed male members of my family, I can’t help getting the “Baseball Is Gay” song from the movie stuck in my head.
i dunno, man, that coat is FAB.
Aww, the parachuting Santa is so cute! :)
I love them, they’re really well-designed especially the second one!
I like how it looks like Santa is sitting on the little boy. Boy, talk about awkward.
Gives me an idea for a Christmas outfit this year!
I will be watching the Queer Duck when My kids are down for a nap!!!
I actually met Mike Reiss, the creator of Queer Duck during my many nonchalant trips during college to track down Simspons writers and have them sign my ever increasing Simpsons collection. All I need is Conan O’Brien to sign the episodes he wrote/starred in to make it a complete collection…Yes, I am Obsessive!
Aside from that, I really like the first card, its probably one of my favorites out of here, just from looking at it. Its just so interesting! and YAY for purple red and blue parachutes!
The 1st one I had to ask my mom to help me find santa’s face lol I thought it looked like a stuffed dog with a big red nose and short floppy red ears. Ha ha. I get what you mean in the 2nd one; he’s half-way to drag. Look at that flowy beard must have Raquel Reed’s hair dresser doing it. Um “santa comes out” DOE! with THAT boy? Gross I don’t think he’s legal yet, 18 if you use your imagination and still eywwwwww!!
thanks for sharing. *cringes* ha ha
OH I read the wrong caption for the last few postcards! *blushing uncontrollably* I can’t believe I embarassed myself again! I’m going to go die now!
How bout that delete your own idiotic comment featere ‘eh? Why do I sound Canadian? Maybe I should move there after this and change my name after the comments I wrote in this blog.
Haha! I love these!
I wonder how can Santa move in the coat in the 1st picture!
That last one is so wonderfully cartoony. I love his feet!
I love the second picture man he is so gaylee flamboyant hahaha, I wonder if we could share coats :3 but I’m so short!
Hehe, now I feel all Christmassy! :D
Alot of classical American cards and postcards look like this too. I never thought it was particularly gay, just festive and bright. =/
Those are great cards!
The second one reminds me of Albus Dumbeldore! XD
I was stuck in traffic today behind a car that had Merry Christmas written in the back window and now this post saying Merry Christmas. Am I missing something? I’m so confused! LOL
I love the style of the first one!!
queer duck! that show is great :D hahaha the theme song get stuck in my head so bad
those are so cute! i love the last one, it makes me laugh!
Xaxa, c novõm godom! I live in Estonia and in childhood it was all about Soviet postcards, I just loved these. And I really like your posts about Russia because my father is russian.
There’s something about reading that something isn’t work safe that always makes me click on it at work. For what, proof? I don’t know. I hope nobody is in IT this morning.
LOL. Those cards are great. My best friend is gay. We all sat down to watch the Queer Duck movie one night. I about peed my pants.
haha these are pretty funny, i like the last one :p
By the way, I mentioned you on my blog post today!
http://supernikkidee.blogspot.com/2009/10/chelsea-art-galleries-part-one.html
I don’t understand how these at all imply homosexuality. i think that is naive and unnecessarily published commentary.
♥ Coralene
Haha, I know! The temptation is just too strong!
♥ Anna
Well, rainbows are generally considered a symbol of homosexuality, and since I like both gay & rainbows, you can see why I would choose to post about it.
I suppose seeing humor in things is naive & unnecessary but as long as it’s not done at anyone’s expense, I see no harm. :)
*Anna- Get a grip. Live a little, take a deep breath! Don’t take yourself so seriously! It’s her freaking blog, if you have a problem with it, get off of it!
Hear, hear.
To be honest I didn’t see the homosexuality either..I thought I was missing something. Nonetheless they are really cute :)
♥ Nicole
Really?! The rainbow parachutes?? Nothing? :)))
Thanks for tainting our name with your boringness Anna…
I agree with Anna, I don’t see how these festive post cards of Santa could be interpreted as homosexual traits?
The whole post could actually be interpreted as homosexual stereotyping.
I get that the post cards aren’t your typical festive variety, but as you should be aware Xenia different cultures have different traits associated with Santa. He is just a jovial happy man. The only gay thing I can see about these cards are in the traditional sense, meaning happy.
I like that whenever someone has an opinion that differ to others they are imediatley shot down.
I think the cards are cute and quite adorable actually, and I have no problem with the delivery of the blog post. But just because someone disagrees doesn’t make them wrong or mean they have taken offence.
♥ Meena
I think people just have different perceptions of what’s funny. To me, blunt stereotyping – and this is exactly what this is – is part of the joke. I mean, how many gay guys do we *really* know that dance ballet?! Haha. :) Although, admittedly, I wouldn’t mind seeing someone “come out” on a rainbow parachute…
Hahahaha! That’s beyond hilarious. As a gay guy myself i personally DO NOT think Russan Santa is gay – hahaha – alththough looking at above images – especially the 2nd one
from the top one might think otherwise…
But. This is the funniest, most original, totally unexpected and creative look at something from Soviet time completed with wonderful nostalgic New Year’s cards. Bravo.
(You WISH he was though, when a hot guy in his late 20′s slaps on white beard with read coat to portray Santa at some new Year’s party, but that’s beside the point :)…)
Oh my gosh why do people take things waaayyyy to seriously. . . . yes i get the gay thing. . . .and there is nothing rude or stereotypical about them. . . .
I used to get these from my grandparents in Uzbekistan! they are always quite funny looking. . .
and chill out . . . he he had to put that one in. . .snow reference and all that jazz!
xx