Children of the Victorian Era had to be tough, because this Santa Claus would have given me nightmares! This picture is a detail of a larger family portrait from Flickr user stevechasmar. For sheer weirdness, it just might beat out the previous creepy Santa post. See more Victorian Christmas ephemera in his photostream. Link -via Buzzfeed
Dead Santa
The same thought came to mind… It was very popular in the Victorian era to take pictures of dead relatives that way… Christmas is dead!
Church
Oh crap. I could top that if I thought to take pictures. Our family Christmas involves a suit and mask (think about that last bit) of Santa that dates from the fourties/fifties.
It’s like a Texas Chainsaw Christmas. Weirdly it works, because all the kids are just spooked enough not to examine who is wearing the costume too closely.
smallerdemon
Church – Like this: http://tinyurl.com/yfaxkbh
I find that much creepier than Victorian Zombie Santa. I’ve been calling it Twilight Zone Santa.
Woogie
Is this legit? Because the traditional image we have of Santa was created by the Coca Cola company in the 50′s I think it was.
Miss Cellania
Woogie, Thomas Nast created the current view of Santa 1862-1892. Coca Cola refined it in 1930.
http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/heritage/cokelore_santa.html
Max
Yeah, but WHY there would be a need for a mask is odd.
Does anyone else hear the theme to the movie “Halloween?”
Foreigner1
No but I sure as –hell– don’t hear the “Sesame Street” theme either…
ted
Max, it’s something for the beard to stick to, and so the kids don’t recognize the face. This is pre-Superman, of course, where all he needed to disguise himself was a pair of glasses.
Gate Latch
those plastic shower curtains are very cheap and you can install it easily without sweat *..
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