My Childhood on Creepy Santa’s Lap
He was my version of clowns, a symbol of jolly that scared the hell out of me.
5 min readDec 21, 2020
Santa Claus and I have a weird history. I’m not sure I ever actually believed in him, but he didn’t need to be real to leave me feeling some kind of way.
As a kid, I spent a bit of time on the laps of White men who were pretending to be him, and…