Statue in Rotterdam

[Meilingkie]

What would YOU call this statue?
It´s standing 50 yard from my office on an old square in Rotterdam.

The official title is Father Christmas, but in Rotterdam everyone calls it something quite different.

[Evil_Bert]

That is the biggest dildo I have ever seen.

[Corsair]

Is there some way to politely describe the large "object" held in Father Christmas' right hand? Does this reflect some sensibilities that made more sense when the statue was created? I cannot conceive how this statue could be built as a new monument anywhere in the United States today without loud, satirical derision at best.

[Korihor]

It looks as though Father Christmas is pleased with the object he is holding.

[FiveFingerMnemonic]

That's a soft serve ice cream cone right?

[Red Ryder]

That's a soft serve ice cream cone right?

Triple scoop dipped in chocolate!

[wtfluff]

Doesn't this photo belong in that "other" thread about vibrating oblong instruments, used for "stuff"?

[moksha]

The name 'Kabouter Buttplug' shows the whimsical side of those Netherlanders equally well as any pair of wooden shoes. Sort of reminds me of that Aretha Franklin song, Spanish Haarlem:

There is a tulip in Spanish Haarlem
A red tulip up in Spanish Haarlem
It is a special one, it's never seen the sun
It only comes out when the moon is on the run
Oh, oh, oh, Chiquitita.

[Meilingkie]

Moksha strikes gold again
It's called Kabouter Buttplug
Or in plain English Gardengnome Buttplug

It's supposed to be a handheld Christmastree

[Corsair]

Moksha strikes gold again
It's called Kabouter Buttplug
Or in plain English Gardengnome Buttplug

It's supposed to be a handheld Christmastree

I'm glad that Moksha struck gold because I'm not sure that I wanted to win this competition of accidentally(?) homoerotic imagery.

[2bizE]

Is a buttplug useful to have? Just wondering. I wonder if they sell any similar gnomes at the Home Depot??