I've had an affinity for Fr. Christmas for a very long time. One of the first things that Gloria ever did was when I asked her to help me make a costume along the lines of Fr. Christmas. I was in a historical group and was making a holiday outfit that also works very well as a Fr. Christmas costume. I'm 6'4" tall and I was making a floor length red velvet gown with huge sleeves and fur trim. I needed help with the hem since I could not mark and pin it while I was wearing it. So I asked for her help and she pinned the hem for me on one of the first times we spent some time together.
I still have it and try to find opportunities to wear it - but there are not a lot of social events where a man can wear a red velvet gown. I did use it for pictures with the furbabies last year.
It's even more impressive when I'm standing up and I'm not in front of a red background - but you can get the idea.
Now onto the collection that comes out for Christmas.
The heart of the collection is displayed on the piano.
They range from rustic woodland santas to velvet and satin formal Fr. Christmases which I sure the original Bishop Nicholas would never have recognized. If you look closely, there are even two bagpipe playing santas on the left. My Mother used to love Santas as well and many of these are presents from her, and some of them were hers.
But the santas don't end at the piano, they are taking over the house.
The sleigh is nice and I like the action of the reindeer taking off. The other Santa is actually a set of Russian nesting Santas.
Meanwhile on the wine bar, a couple of European feeling santas are hanging out.
They just feel so "right" on the wine bar in a Tuscan themed kitchen. And of course there needs to be a train - that one's a cookie jar. And the fuzzy santa in the middle is a wine bottle gift wrap canister.
I went looking for a better picture of my suit and here's one showing a bit more detail. It was at our office party 2 years ago.
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