Tag Archives: Santa Claus

Santa is born

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

…and of course Amanitas are there! This illustration is by Christina Tom, for a book of imaginary Finnish tales that the Regretsy blog is funding through Kickstarter. It apparently depicts Santa Claus immediately after his birth, fully grown, with all … Continue reading →

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And I thought *I* had mushrooms on the brain…

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

For some people, everything becomes a mushroom. Here’s a great example which moves from Santa to the Pope to Easter eggs to the Holy Grail to video games. Since it’s the season for it, I’ll post my favorite image here, … Continue reading →

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Santa in Wonderland

Posted on November 28, 2010 by

Continuing on the Santa theme… I’ll be tackling Alice in Wonderland later on, but had to post this one now: a 1943 comic book portraying Santa Claus coming to Wonderland and munching merrily on a psychedelic mushroom. Sure, it’s not … Continue reading →

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Mushroom Santa

Posted on November 28, 2010 by

A lot has been made of the supposed connection between Santa Claus and A. muscaria – mostly because of the red-and-white colors (unlikely, when you consider that Santa’s classic costume is mostly an invention of advertisers, less than 100 years … Continue reading →

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