Street art · Rotterdam

Santa Claus

By Paul McCarthy

Santa Claus by Paul McCarthy, Rotterdam
Photo: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY 3.0

Rotterdam locals nicknamed this bronze giant "Kabouterpiet" and "Gnome" long before its real title stuck: Paul McCarthy's Santa Claus, clutching what's technically a giant butt plug meant to read as a Christmas tree.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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