il-Chrismas

So, this isn't exactly timely reporting, but I had mentioned in a previous post that there are skinny Santas for photo ops and that they sell inflatable Santa dolls, despite an apparent lack of custom. Here's a Casablanca-based blog with a good picture of the inflatables. They're not around any more (it's really a New Year's thing, I'm told), but here's a photo that I took while I was in Marrakech for New Year's.



The photo that I took immediately before it (which came out blurry, unfortunately) was horrifying in that the small child's head was being held in a seemingly-vicelike grip by the small Santa on the right.