--- title: Santa’s Husband: Harper Design to Publish Book on Gay Santa description: A new picture book will depict Santa as a gay man in an interracial relationship, publisher Harper Design confirmed Tuesday. canonical: https://time.com/4715679/santas-husband-book-harper-design/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-28T20:03:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:06:38.632Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Santa Is a Gay Man in an Interracial Relationship in This New Picture Book og:description: "Santa’s Husband" tells the story of a black Santa Claus and his white husband og:url: https://time.com/4715679/santas-husband-book-harper-design/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3bf60cbc076287dd/6988c04c2dce0105ff9eccca/santas-husband.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: santas-husband og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Santa Is a Gay Man in an Interracial Relationship in This New Picture Book twitter:description: "Santa’s Husband" tells the story of a black Santa Claus and his white husband twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3bf60cbc076287dd/6988c04c2dce0105ff9eccca/santas-husband.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Santa Is a Gay Man in an Interracial Relationship in This New Picture Book ## Video: An Inside Look at the Santa Industry [Watch (HLS stream): An Inside Look at the Santa Industry](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/OG5mscEL.m3u8) (5:16)  _Published 2014-12-22. Behind the most famous and mysterious man in the world this time of year, are actually thousands of men. Who are they?_  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Mar 28, 2017 8:03 PM UTC  An upcoming book called "Santa's Husband" depicts Santa as a gay man in an interracial relationship. An upcoming book called "Santa's Husband" depicts Santa as a gay man in an interracial relationship.AP Quach  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Mar 28, 2017 8:03 PM UTC A[ new picture book](https://twitter.com/kibblesmith) will depict Santa as a gay man in an interracial relationship, publisher Harper Design confirmed Tuesday. The book, _Santa’s Husband_, goes on sale Oct. 10 and tells the story of a black Santa Claus and his white husband who both live in the North Pole. Santa’s spouse frequently fills in for his husband at malls, according to a description of the book Harper Design provided to TIME. Daniel Kibblesmith, who is a staff writer for _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_ and co-author of _How to Win at Everything_, penned the parody children’s book after [tweeting](https://twitter.com/kibblesmith/status/846731734364426240) in December that he would only tell his future child Santa was black. “If they see a white one, we’ll say ‘That’s his husband,’” Kibblesmith wrote. A [photo](https://twitter.com/kibblesmith/status/846735996427390980) Kibblesmith tweeted Tuesday of the book’s original concept art shows the couple, both wearing Santa suits, looking dreamingly into each other’s eyes. 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