Zanzibari Santa Claus

Around this time last year, I was in a minivan in a village in Zambia listening to English language Christmas carols.

Well apparently, Christmas in May isn't an exclusively Zambian tradition.

Claus encounters of the third kind..

In the past few days I've seen heaps (and by heaps I mean greater than or equal to 2) of people who from a distance look suspiciously like they are wearing Santa hats.

Is it Christmas in May?

Nope, they're just wearing beanies - red with a white band.

Ok maybe I need new glasses. But, given experience (think cranky autocrats wearing rubber duck race t-shirts, and virile young men in tank tops that say "100% princess"), I almost thought the whole recycled clothing thing had gone a step too far. Disaster averted! But beware, beanie wearers: red and white will make you look like Santa. And my inner fashionista definitely does not "fab" that.