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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

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Photo by: whileseated

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Santa Claus School ; Photography by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1961. © Time Inc.

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(fashionable bunny ears) Model: Lily Donaldson ; Photo: Patrick Demarchelier


[editorial.catag.]

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Jessica Weekley

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--courtesy of `CookiemagiK

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(probably should have followed #126)

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The anti-santa: Krampus


as depicted and realized as if he were ... no, in fact, what he may actually look like.

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BadNick

this one is sort of a conceptual bunny-Santa connection

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You always find the best bunny + santa arrangements, Nick-o.

That's a really cool skill. I can only find one or the other, but I go for the obscure, which helps bring in the intrigue.


kaoru yumi (?)

Ah! she exists!

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BadNick

thanks for appreciating it, Jet.

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Photographer unknown, circa 1950s

“Sometimes people carry to such perfection the
mask they have assumed that in due course
they actually become the person they seem.”

—W. Somerset Maugham

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

BadNick

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You continue to amaze, BadNick.

With as many photographic sources as I've come to accumulate (dozens upon dozens) you still make better use of Google (I'm assuming) than I do with 50 other resources.

I need more Santa hat portrayals; they're a bit more rare than finding any number of weird abstract bunny ears, I've noticed.

[Cosplay events]

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artwork by Rob Sheridan

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santa took a break from toy making to enjoy the (football) game. Photo by: veg*n-mom-2-2

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コスプレ＠もみぞう : [Cosplay @ The Elephant rice]

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BadNick

just stumbled upon this one so I remembered this thread

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Thanks for re-contributing, BadNick.

I let the thread go dormant for a while, since we were "out of season",
but I guess since we have now turned over into the other half of the calendar
when the "festivities" coalesce, the activity and interest into this topic should rise.

Here's my offer:

Photography by Andrew Hasson

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

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BadNick

Santa does seem to have an unusual attraction to bunnies.

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Very fine findings you have brought here, BadNick.
(are you just searching for "bunny + santa" in Google's image search, or GIS?)


I'll be taking the time, indeed, next off, and whence I return, to see if I can locate the artist or history or folktales attributed to your above shares. I might get lucky, and actually uncover as to why Santa likes to ride Bunnies (I have a feeling it has to do with psychotropic mushrooms, but we'll see).

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I Wished My Eyes Were A Camera [selfshot ; read of interest]

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I could find no history that links together Father Christmas and ride-able rabbits, or what one might term as "snow hares".

Here's a random piece I found instead:

Rabbit and Santa

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novelty santa hat

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"Festive" (at the company Christmas party, in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia) -- Photo by: Kaptain Kobold


-- image courtesy of The Santa Hat Project

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A Brief History of Sketchy Santas - How Santa Lost Control of His Branding

“Imagine millions of Justin Biebers carousing in the streets all across the world.
One in every mall. Anyone can be a Bieber. Find a Bieber for your niece’s Quinceañera on Craigslist.

Whether this idea excites or concerns you, I think we can all agree there would be
some awkward embraces, crushed dreams and unfortunate incidents!

And that’s exactly what’s been happening to our favorite American Christmas Superhero
for over a century - Santa has lost control of his ‘personal brand’ because anyone can be him.”

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BadNick

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BUY -- "you need to wear the hat. else, it doesn't count."


-- courtesy of Sketchy Santas

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BadNick

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Photography by Jozef Krajco

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bunny ears-like hair accessories illustration (oh! hair band)

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi

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celebrities who bunny ear: Meg White (of the recently-departed White Stripes)




previous portrayal: Mariko Shinoda

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uncle phil

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
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never wrestle with a pig.
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celebs who wear santa hats:


Mary Martin, 1940. --courtesy of LIFE.

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Ring girl Photo by: matthe1276; taken in Anchorage, AK, USA.

#santa hats

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#santa hats

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FOUR YIP


[ofellabuta.]

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Bubbles by Andrea Hannah Valencia - Model: Allison Alberto © Dec 2010


#bunny ears

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

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