This Author Is Under Attack for Making Santa Black and Gay
Daniel Kibblesmith
It all started last Christmas. The Mall of America had hired a black Santa Claus  and the internet was having a meltdown. In response   humor writer Daniel Kibblesmith  tweeted that when  he  and  his  wife have children   he 'll tell them that Santa is black and when they see a white Santa  that  he  is Santa's husband.
"We would have this extremely woke baby who was open to a Santa Claus with all kinds of orientations  " Kibblesmith  told me  half joking.
But of course  Kibblesmith and Quach have faced a lot of trolling for their status quo-challenging art;  Kibblesmith  says  he  even found  his  picture on a white supremacist's blog trying to "out"  him  as Jewish. VICE spoke with  Kibblesmith  about the various politically-minded themes  he  and Quach sneaked into their innocuous-enough children's book  and what  he 's learned from the troubling and all-too-predictable online reaction to Santa's Husband.
 Daniel Kibblesmith : We see  it  as an all ages book; in stores  it  will be in the humor section. But our goal was to write something that any kind of family could theoretically enjoy at Christmas time  on any level. Maybe you're a childless couple who has these politics and thinks the book is charming and funny; maybe you're a new parent who wants to introduce a different kind of holiday tradition into your home  or just reinforce the idea that traditions like these are malleable  living things that every family interprets differently.
It all started last Christmas. The Mall of America had hired a black Santa Claus  and the internet was having a meltdown. In response    [TGT] tweeted that when   [TGT]   and   [TGT]   wife have children    [TGT]  'll tell them that Santa is black and when they see a white Santa  that   [TGT]   is Santa's husband.
"We would have this extremely woke baby who was open to a Santa Claus with all kinds of orientations  "  [TGT] told me  half joking.
But of course  Kibblesmith and Quach have faced a lot of trolling for their status quo-challenging art;   [TGT] says   [TGT]   even found   [TGT]   picture on a white supremacist's blog trying to "out"  him  as Jewish. VICE spoke with  Kibblesmith  about the various politically-minded themes  he  and Quach sneaked into their innocuous-enough children's book  and what  he 's learned from the troubling and all-too-predictable online reaction to Santa's Husband.
 Daniel Kibblesmith : We see   [TGT]   as an all ages book; in stores   [TGT]   will be in the humor section. But our goal was to write something that any kind of family could theoretically enjoy at Christmas time  on any level. Maybe you're a childless couple who has these politics and thinks the book is charming and funny; maybe you're a new parent who wants to introduce a different kind of holiday tradition into your home  or just reinforce the idea that traditions like these are malleable  living things that every family interprets differently.