{"id":1054331,"date":"2021-11-25T08:58:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054331"},"modified":"2021-11-25T08:58:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:58:49","slug":"norway-makes-santa-gay-for-ad-promoting-postal-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/norway-makes-santa-gay-for-ad-promoting-postal-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway Makes Santa Gay for Ad Promoting&#8230; Postal Service?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorway-makes-santa-gay-for-ad-promoting-postal-service%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1054331&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/tired-santa-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Norwegian postal service Posten has released an annual Christmas video featuring Santa Claus falling in love with another man to mark the 50th anniversary of Norway\u2019s decriminalisation of homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>The video, entitled \u201cWhen Harry Met Santa,\u201d is a four-minute short film in which the main character interacts with Santa Claus several times, before writing him a letter stating: \u201cDear Santa, All I want for Christmas is you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"When Harry met Santa ENG SUB\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nDLumk_rQQw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>As Santa Claus arrives at the home once again, revealing that he has employed extra help \u2014 the Post Office \u2014 with delivering presents in order to spend more time with Harry. After staring briefly at each other, the pair embrace in a kiss.<\/p>\n<p>The video ends, stating that in 2022 Norway will mark the 50th anniversary of \u201cbeing able to love whoever we want\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Monica Solberg, Posten\u2019s marketing director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtqnation.com\/2021\/11\/norwegian-postal-services-gay-themed-christmas-ad-going-viral\/\">spoke<\/a> to the news website LGBTQ Nation about the ad, saying: \u201cIt has been a dark year for everyone \u2013 A global pandemic, code red for our planet, refugee crisis and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps what we need this year is a warm and heartfelt love story? A celebration of the fact that we can love whomever we want in Norway, despite everything bad that happens around the world,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPosten is an inclusive workplace with great diversity, and we would like to celebrate the 50th anniversary with this fine love story. In last year\u2019s campaign, Santa was angry at Norway Post, which took away from him the \u2018business\u2019 \u2013 this year, Santa is happy that Norway Post can relieve him a little, so that he can be with the one he loves,\u201d Solberg said.<\/p>\n<p>Left-wing British newspaper <em>The Guardian<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/video\/2021\/nov\/24\/norwegian-christmas-advert-goes-viral-as-santa-claus-gets-a-boyfriend-video\">called<\/a> the video \u201cheartwarming\u201d, reporting others had labelled the ad as \u201cpowerful\u201d and \u201cprogressive\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.9230769230769\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ObamaFlix does it again\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sjKRxc4z5K\">https:\/\/t.co\/sjKRxc4z5K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1206907427846787077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some have criticised the ad, however, including English singer Steve Brookstein who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevebrookstein\/status\/1463530246385328131?s=20\">commented<\/a> on Twitter: \u201cNorway making Santa a closet homosexual cheating on Mrs Claus is the worst Christmas idea\u2026 EVER!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ad is not the first time the LGBT agenda has been pushed into being part of the Christmas holidays in recent years. In 2019, Netflix released a Christmas special portraying Jesus Christ as a gay man, leading to over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2019\/12\/17\/2-million-sign-petition-protesting-netflix-gay-jesus-christmas-special\/\">two million signatures<\/a> in protest, forcing the streaming service to pull the programme.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the American cable network Lifetime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2020\/09\/17\/lifetime-announces-its-first-christmas-movie-featuring-gay-couple\/\">announced<\/a> it would be releasing its first-ever Christmas film featuring a gay couple as the lead, with&nbsp;Amy Winter, executive vice president and head of programming, stating: \u201cThe world&nbsp;we create on camera should reflect the world we live in.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span data-darkreader-inline-color><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Norwegian postal service Posten has released an annual Christmas video featuring Santa Claus falling in love with another man to mark the 50th anniversary of Norway\u2019s decriminalisation of homosexuality. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1054331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1054331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1054331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1054331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1054331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}