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Dec 23 2011 26 Comments

A cross-dressing, Mrs. Santa, Merry Christmas

Numerous shops in Tokyo sell Mrs. Santa outfits. Cheeky little numbers that, if the images on the boxes are anything to go by, would add substantially more sauce to Christmas than merely some brandy.

But, like many things in life, the reality can be very different. So different, in fact, that it’s hard to imagine any amount of festive goodwill being enough to forgive this fella.

Japanese Mrs Santa

Merry Christmas!

Categorized: Odd

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  1. Jamaipanese says

    12/23/2011 at 8:34 am

    ooh god no o.O

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    • Lee says

      12/23/2011 at 10:29 am

      Oh, yes. Be careful about what you wish for is the moral of this tale I think!

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  2. Joe says

    12/23/2011 at 9:24 am

    Not pretty!

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    • Lee says

      12/23/2011 at 10:33 am

      Even the slightly coy look doesn’t do it for you?

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  3. [Gm] says

    12/23/2011 at 9:30 am

    Hooo… look at the leg hair :D…

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    • Lee says

      12/23/2011 at 10:35 am

      Yeah, but I don’t understand why he only painted it on one leg. A quaint Christmas custom I’m not aware of perhaps?

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  4. winnie says

    12/23/2011 at 10:24 am

    He should wear the Santa beanie and wear a suitable boots. Maybe better.

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    • Lee says

      12/23/2011 at 10:36 am

      Yes. Plus trousers, long sleeves and maybe a beard!

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  5. ameiji says

    12/23/2011 at 3:45 pm

    Can I have some eyebleach, please? 😀

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    • Lee says

      12/23/2011 at 9:22 pm

      Haha! No. Not allowed!

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  6. Ken C says

    12/23/2011 at 7:47 pm

    Yuck!
    Merry Xmas and Emperor’s birthday Lee

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    • Lee says

      12/23/2011 at 9:22 pm

      Thanks! You too, have a good one!

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  7. Lizzy says

    12/24/2011 at 3:41 am

    Reminds me of something I’d see in Austin. Definitely admire his brazenness. Perhaps it was a dare? Merry Christmas!

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    • Lee says

      12/24/2011 at 10:51 am

      Yes, he’s a brave fella, no doubt about it!

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    • Don says

      12/27/2011 at 11:30 pm

      I haven’t seen Leslie in a Santa outfit this year, but it has happened in the past! http://bit.ly/sdZwco

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  8. Linette says

    12/24/2011 at 5:32 am

    Beats the Captain Jack look alike hands down. I wonder if he wants a new life for Christmas, or at least a new outfit.

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    • Lee says

      12/24/2011 at 10:52 am

      It’d be good to see them both together. They’d make a quite a pair!

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      • Linette says

        12/26/2011 at 2:18 am

        Ha!

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  9. Grass Jelly says

    12/24/2011 at 9:57 am

    Looks like he lost a bet and it was just his luck that you were there to take his picture to share his humiliation with the international community. Muahaha, Merry X’Mas. 😀

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    • Lee says

      12/24/2011 at 10:53 am

      Haha, very true!

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  10. mimi says

    12/24/2011 at 2:05 pm

    this picture seems normal for japan.

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    • Lee says

      12/24/2011 at 10:24 pm

      I wish it was.

      No, on second thoughts, I don’t…

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  11. Jeffrey says

    12/25/2011 at 3:38 pm

    Merry Christmas Lee!

    All you lucky folks still living in Japan must ask yourselves: which is worse, Colonel Sanders dressed up as Santa or this gentleman?

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    • Lee says

      12/25/2011 at 11:12 pm

      Thanks Jeffrey, you too!

      This fella every time. No doubt about it.

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  12. James says

    12/26/2011 at 9:45 am

    wow…
    Merry Christmas. Lee!

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    • Lee says

      12/26/2011 at 4:46 pm

      Thanks James. And all the very best to you too!

      Reply

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