
Hmm… it looks as though Dede is giving a helping hand to Santa! Last year, in Yakutia, there was a “meeting” between Santa, Dede, and the local Yakut folklore figure. Probably, they were dividing up responsibilities and duties!
In a related vein, it makes me think of a traditional Christmas item on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company) called “Six White Boomers”. You see, Santa uses kangaroos (“Boomers” in Aussie slang) to pull his sleigh on his Australian run. A little joey (baby kangaroo) becomes lost from his mother. Santa finds him, and he resolves to take him home to Australia. So, he calls his “boomers” to pull his sleigh. They all have jocular Aussie names (the one I remember offhand is “Desert Head”), and you hear the presenter repeating “boom… boom… boom… on his Australian run”. This is a fun little piece from the 50s, and it deserves to be better known. Not everything is serious… thank God!
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