Oak Park native Daniel Kibblesmith wrote a children's book about Santa Claus' husband, making him black and gay. | Amazon.com
Oak Park native Daniel Kibblesmith wrote a children's book about Santa Claus' husband, making him black and gay. | Amazon.com
As the December approaches, the Glen Ellyn Public Library is stocking Christmas-themed books that also introduce homosexual sex to children.
Santa's Husband is a new addition to the library that offers a "fresh twist on Kris Kringle, a clever yet heartfelt book that tells the story of a black Santa, his white husband, and their life in the North Pole."
"Everyone knows that Santa Claus is jolly, but in Santa’s Husband, this cherished symbol of the holiday season is also black and gay, and married to an equally cheery man," says a publisher description of the book, written by author Daniel Kibblesmith, an Oak Park native.
"We see the Clauses sitting by the fire at their cozy North Pole home, vacationing at the beach, having an occasional disagreement, celebrating their (gay) wedding day, and comforting each other when some loudmouth people on television angrily dispute Santa’s appearance and (gay) lifestyle," the description says.
In the characterization of Kibbles, Santa only feeds reindeer "organic gluten-free grains" and he manages "labor disputes with the restive workshop elves."
Kibblesmith, 40, wrote for BuzzFeed before joining The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2015, at age 28.
He told the news web site Paste that he and his wife, Jennifer Wright, thought white and heterosexual depictions of Santa Claus were too limited.
"We decided that our future child will only know about Black Santa. If they see a white one we'll say "That's his husband," said Kibblesmith, who says he is Jewish.
Kibblesmith graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School, then Columbia College in Chicago.
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