# \#1 Sign That It's Christmas **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039 "2004-12-29T01:37:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/1 "2004-12-29T01:37:03Z")
My mother-in-law breaks out the [pedophile Santa shower curtain](http://www.sirblah.com/misc/sicksanta.htm). Ick. And yeah, I know, Christmas is over…but I didn’t have the camera with me when I was at their place until Christmas morning… ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/2 "2004-12-29T01:43:29Z")
Some years ago, I had a [Psycho shower curtain](http://www.vonr.com/john/img/psycho_shower_curtain.jpg). Nothing says “Happy Holidays” like a silhouette of Janet Leigh with blood running down the curtain! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/3 "2004-12-29T02:05:27Z")
Those are sick, twisted, and _so_ wrong. Where can I get one? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/4 "2004-12-29T12:37:05Z")
> [@lno](#): > > Some years ago, I had a [Psycho shower curtain](http://www.vonr.com/john/img/psycho_shower_curtain.jpg). > > Nothing says “Happy Holidays” like a silhouette of Janet Leigh with blood running down the curtain! I’m pretty sure that’s from the remake. But why is Santa wearing his belt in the shower? ---
**Author:** ![Tiggrkitty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggrkitty/32/17966_2.png) [@Tiggrkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiggrkitty)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/5 "2004-12-29T13:04:46Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I’m pretty sure that’s from the remake. > But why is Santa wearing his belt in the shower? He is also wearing some type of sandals. Really strange. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/6 "2004-12-29T14:44:36Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > But why is Santa wearing his belt in the shower? Could be some sort of registered sex offender electronic monitoring device. I just hope that’s a scrub brush he’s holding. Otherwise, I think one of those elves is about to get the paddle. ---
**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/7 "2004-12-29T14:51:08Z")
My mother’s co-workers telling me what the reason for the season is. When they’re not doing that, they like to update their JEW MAILING LIST. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/8 "2004-12-29T15:14:46Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I’m pretty sure that’s from the remake. Technically, yeah, but I can appreciate the classics, can’t I? ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/9 "2004-12-29T18:18:27Z")
> [@Tiggrkitty](#): > > He is also wearing some type of sandals. Really strange. Ever seen the floor of a public shower like at the YMCA? Yeeech. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/10 "2004-12-29T18:20:27Z")
> [@lno](#): > > Technically, yeah, but I can appreciate the classics, can’t I? But that’s not Janet Leigh, it is what’s-her-name has been lady. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/11 "2004-12-29T18:44:53Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > But that’s not Janet Leigh, it is what’s-her-name has been lady. Anne Heche, but a man can dream. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/12 "2004-12-29T19:09:38Z")
> [@lno](#): > > Anne Heche, but a man can dream. Women, too (depending on current career status). ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/13 "2004-12-29T20:50:37Z")
That shower curtain is the worst Christmas decoration I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/14 "2004-12-30T03:18:00Z")
Due to my MIL’s indignation about my posting about her shower curtain, she and I have decided to put it to you good folks. Please forget about every negative thing I may have previously said about the shower curtain, as I do not wish to cause any undue bias. I just wish to ask this: My MIL’s shower curtain (the one in the OP) – perverse or festive? ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/15 "2004-12-30T03:42:40Z")
When I was a kid, my mom used to have this Santa’s-face toilet seat cover, so that when you… I don’t want to talk about it… ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/16 "2004-12-30T07:17:25Z")
Perversely festive? ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/17 "2004-12-30T07:32:30Z")
**Festively perverse!** (User name / Band name!) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/18 "2004-12-30T12:36:19Z")
Perversly tacky. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/19 "2004-12-30T16:52:01Z")
Ewww. Sorry, MIL, I gotta go with **Hal** on this one. Get some nice Christmasy bathroom towels with holly or something on them. If you must decorate the shower area for Christmas, thread some garland through the curtain rings. But please get rid of naked Santa. He skeeves me out. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-sign-that-its-christmas/282039/20 "2004-12-30T17:47:13Z")
IMHO it is the red suit that makes Santa…well…Santa. Any depiction of him _sans_ suit becomes just an image of a naked old guy with a white beard.