Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Allen Ginsberg. But who is this? It’s a little known fact that Santa used to employ goblins as well as elves but stopped because of fluctuations in the market.

Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Elizabeth Barrett Browning. But who is this? Santa once had a terrible accident with some scalding hot gravy and a toasting fork. You should have heard him howl.

Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Lord Bryon. But who is this? How do you cook sprouts? Let me count the ways…

Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Mina Loy. But who is this? Until his death, famous playwright, raconteur and funnyman Harold Pinter used to call at Santa’s house every Christmas morning to collect his present in person. One year, when he didn’t get the Sylvanian Families picnic set he’d asked for, he threw a massive tantrum and lapsed into sullen silence. “Don’t be such a child, Harold!” hissed his wife, Lady Antonia Fraser. “My mother was right. You really are dangerous to know!”

Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Louis Zukofsky. But who is this, with a small dog named Joannes? He loves it when Santa sings to him, although not when he’s watching Downton Abbey on television.

Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was T.S. Eliot. But who is this knocking at the door? He’s making “A” list, he’s checking  it twice.

Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Edith Sitwell. But who is this? Santa often spends Christmas with flamboyant TV host Graham Norton and Graham is in charge of the Christmas dinner. One year, Graham overcooked the turkey. That’s Burnt, Norton!” Santa exclaimed.

Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Wallace Stevens. But who is this? Christmas is such a facade these days. It doesn’t sit well with me.

Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Emily Dickinson. But who is this? Santa loves to relax on Christmas day by slipping into his Julius Caesar costume and gorging himself on  raspberry ripple. His elves call him the emperor of ice cream.

Every day in December up to and including Christmas Eve, the Other Room is posting a picture of a poet cunningly disguised as Santa Claus. If you can guess who it is and want to demonstrate your expertise to an admiring public, you can leave a comment to this post or email us at otherroomeditors@googlemail.com We will list all correct guesses on the following day and also reveal the identity of the festive poet in question. Yesterday’s Santa was Frank O’Hara. But who –  is – this?