Retail Story Time!
Today, this picture came across my Twitter feed:
And it reminded me of something almost as destructive towards one’s image of Santa Claus.
Back when I worked for Radio Shack, we got this Dancing Santa dolls. They were called this because they’d sing (i.e. play a pre-recorded chip tune) and “dance” by swinging their arms and moving their hips from side to side.
The doll itself was a soft Santa costume over a hard plastic doll body - cheap and sufficiently rugged for the intended use (i.e. holidays, then toss it in the attic or whatever). This wasn’t a big deal, until we noticed that, because of that hard plastic being shaped to give Santa the proper human shape, he appeared to have the kind of round butt you only get with a lot of exercise, and, of course, it was firm.
Which wouldn’t have been a big deal, except that his costume pants would cling to and emphasize it - only visible from the back, mind. But, nonetheless, that’s the story of the year Radio Shack sold a Sexy Dancer Santa.
