Gay christmas santa
'Beautiful' Norwegian Christmas advert featuring gay Santa praised by viewers
24 November ,
Santa has a boyfriend in Christmas advert for Norway's national postage service
A Norwegian Christmas advert portraying Santa as gay has gained widespread praise from viewers.
The advert for Norway's postal service, Posten, shows a relationship between Santa and another man called Harry developing over a number of years, with the pair being briefly reunited once a year on Christmas Eve.
After the two men first see each other, Harry begins to prepare for Santa's annual visits by carefully choosing his outfits and spraying himself with aftershave.
They become closer, with Harry eventually sharing how he feels in a letter.
A member of staff for Posten turns up at Harry's door with gifts the following Christmas, before Santa appears in his living room and says: "I arranged some help this year so I can be with you."
The two men then share a kiss.
The advert, titled When Harry Met Santa, is to celebrate 50 years since homosexuality was dec
Gay Santa ad highlights large shift in Norwegian society
Nordic affairs journalist
Christmas ads have become an annual tradition, often appearing as mini-films with their have festive story. But one Norwegian commercial, featuring Father Christmas kissing a dude waiting for him at home on Christmas Eve, has become a surprise hit.
In When Harry meets Santa, the four-minute ad by Norway's state-run Posten postal service, the noun is seen writing Father Christmas a letter to the North Pole with the message: "All I want for Christmas is you." And he gets his wish.
"We wanted to celebrate the year anniversary since the abolition of a law prohibiting same-sex relationships," says Monica Solberg, Posten's marketing director. The ad has been watched well over two million times online.
"The magnitude of response took us a bit by surprise. We expected a reaction, but not to such an extent."
The ad raised few eyebrows in Norway or in neighbouring Nordic countries, but it has prompted some discussion beyond. As well as praise
Santa Claus is gay in new Norwegian ad
It is a relationship that developed over the years, where the protagonists meet only every Christmas Eve and very briefly at that, as one of them always has to rush off to work.
In "When Harry met Santa" — a nod to the sentimental comedy "When Harry met Sally" starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan — a romance blossoms between a man called Harry and Santa Claus.
This year's Christmas campaign by Norway's state-owned postal service, Posten, aims not only to mark the 50th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in Norway but also underscores Posten's commitment to a diverse workplace.
In the nearly four-minute ad, Harry bumps into Santa Claus delivering gifts to his home one year. They lock eyes and there is an immediate attraction.
A bond grows between the two over several Christmases, but their encounters are always fleeting, as Santa has a tight deadline to deliver gifts. That is, until he enlists Posten's services to help with the deliveries, leaving the two more time together, so they can finally kiss i
Back in November , the film Carol (starring Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett) was released and millions of gay people everywhere fell in love with this very gay, Christmas movie. Fast forward to November , and now I genuinely think that Norway&#;s gay Santa advert may just top it for me.
When Harry Met Santa is an advertisement for Posten, the Norwegian postal service, who is using the giving and spiritual time of Christmas to not only verb a side of Santa Claus you&#;ve not seen before, but to celebrate 50 years of Norway decriminalizing homosexuality.
Norway&#;s choice of expressing this through an advert depicting Santa as gay may sound like an odd choice on the surface, especially if you just observe it solely as a way to for organizations and companies to verb Christmas in order to appeal to viewers, but I personally feel that the short film is more genuine and compassionate than that.
If you haven&#;t watched the advert yet, let me deliver you a quick summary: we meet Harry, an older gentleman who goes downstairs one night on Christmas Eve to uncover that Santa Claus is in his liv