Yes, Renée completed her “Zombies in Christmas Village” display prior to Halloween. Because zombies and Halloween. Then she brought it out again and put it up for Christmas. Because Christmas Village and candy canes and elves and Santa and… well, what is Mrs. Claus’s first name?
It might be ‘Gertrude’, since James Rees gave her that name in his 1849 book, Mysteries of City Life. This was the first time anyone provided her with a first name. But she could also be called ‘Goody’, from Katherine Lee Bates’s 1889 poem, Santa Claus. Although her name is probably ‘Jessica’ to fans of the stop-motion special, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town or ‘Mary Christmas’ to those who watched the Peanuts special, It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown. Or ‘Carol’ (The Santa Clause movies) or ‘Anna’ (the musical, Mrs. Santa Claus) or ‘Margaret’ or ‘Martha' or 'Babs'’… but I’ve let myself get distracted.
(The zombie with the candy cane through his head? That's Kevin, once the manager of the North Pole Staples. Currently on medical leave.)
In this post, per request, I'm sharing some of the photos of the finished Halloween/Christmas decoration. The zombies came from Amazon. Santa and Babs, the elves, the shotgun, candy canes and the bloodshed -- that's Renée's handiwork.
It might be ‘Gertrude’, since James Rees gave her that name in his 1849 book, Mysteries of City Life. This was the first time anyone provided her with a first name. But she could also be called ‘Goody’, from Katherine Lee Bates’s 1889 poem, Santa Claus. Although her name is probably ‘Jessica’ to fans of the stop-motion special, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town or ‘Mary Christmas’ to those who watched the Peanuts special, It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown. Or ‘Carol’ (The Santa Clause movies) or ‘Anna’ (the musical, Mrs. Santa Claus) or ‘Margaret’ or ‘Martha' or 'Babs'’… but I’ve let myself get distracted.
(The zombie with the candy cane through his head? That's Kevin, once the manager of the North Pole Staples. Currently on medical leave.)
In this post, per request, I'm sharing some of the photos of the finished Halloween/Christmas decoration. The zombies came from Amazon. Santa and Babs, the elves, the shotgun, candy canes and the bloodshed -- that's Renée's handiwork.
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Santa's in bad shape, but Babs is on the clock tower, armed and ready. In the end, it'll all work out because... Christmas magic. And hurray for that.
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