Santa Claus Meets Alien Children, Galaxy Science Fiction January 1957
In a warm holiday scene gone gloriously extraterrestrial, Santa Claus sits surrounded by a menagerie of wide-eyed alien children — bulbous-headed, green-skinned, tentacled, and glowing — all clamoring for gifts beneath a Christmas tree adorned with rocket ships and candy canes. Santa cradles a small green alien like a doll, his jolly expression unfazed by the cosmic crowd. This delightfully subversive holiday mashup captures Galaxy's signature wit, blending domestic Americana with gleeful mid-century alien imagination.
Even Santa can't resist the galaxy's most demanding toy run — when every kid on every planet wants a piece of Christmas, Ol' Saint Nick goes interstellar!
“Galaxy Science Fiction JANUARY 1957 35¢ MORAL EQUIVALENT By KRIS NEVILLE TRACKING DOWN THE "SEA SERPENT" (Part II.) By WILLY LEY The Blazing Conclusion of THE STARS MY DESTINATION By ALFRED BESTER AND OTHER STORIES”
