ZOMG: Lego Santa Wears a Thong

Yeah, I know Europeans are less hung-up about nudity than Americans are. Still, I was surprised to find, in the 2010 Lego Advent Calendar, a minifig of Santa in the shower. For modesty, I presume, he’s wearing a black thong. (Like Arrested Development’s Tobias Funke, he must be a never-nude.) Trippy? You betcha. Offensive? Not […]
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Yeah, I know Europeans are less hung-up about nudity than Americans are. Still, I was surprised to find, in the 2010 Lego Advent Calendar, a minifig of Santa in the shower.

For modesty, I presume, he's wearing a black thong. (Like Arrested Development's Tobias Funke, he must be a never-nude.)

Trippy? You betcha. Offensive? Not to me. But I think more than a few families will be wondering what the heck the Lego powers that be were thinking when they included this in the Christmas calendar.

What do you think? Funny? Inappropriate? Both?