The Great Santa Stakeout illustrator Dan Santat wears his ugly Christmas sweater every day!

In The Great Santa Stakeout by Betsy Bird and illustrated by Dan Santat, Freddy Melcher can’t wait for Christmas so he can finally get a coveted selfie with Santa Claus himself. Just like Freddy, Santat is also counting down the days until Christmas by wearing an Ugly Christmas sweater he received from his editor* Kait Feldmann EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Don’t believe us? We’ve got the pics to prove it!

*Note: Cheryl Klein originally acquired The Great Santa Stakeout; Kait Feldmann is the current editor.

 

 

 

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@scholasticinc sent this ugly women’s Christmas sweater to help promote #TheGreatSantaStakeout by @fusenumber8 with art by me. For the next 25 days I will attempt to be like Freddie Melcher and dress festively in this UGLY WOMEN’S SWEATER to promote our book. (Proof it’s a women’s sweater. First of all, it’s tapered in at the sides. Secondly, THERE ARE SHOULDER PADS STITCHED IN) PLEASE BUY THE BOOK

A post shared by Dan Santat (@dsantat) on Dec 2, 2019 at 12:09pm PST

 

 

 

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DAY 4/25: Me modeling the ugly Christmas sweater for Old Navy to help promote #TheGreatSantaStakeout written by my pal @fusenumber8 with illustrations by me and published by @scholasticinc #adventsweaterfun

A post shared by Dan Santat (@dsantat) on Dec 4, 2019 at 10:19am PST

 

 

 

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DAY 5/25: Me modeling the ugly Christmas sweater on page 49 of the Crate and Barrel Winter catalog to help promote #TheGreatSantaStakeout written by my pal @fusenumber8 with illustrations by me and published by @scholasticinc

A post shared by Dan Santat (@dsantat) on Dec 5, 2019 at 11:48am PST

 

 

 

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DAY 6/25: Went into a Jamba Juice in the city and "The Sweater" met Stephen Curry from the Golden State Warriors. This sweater has done it all! #NotAWarriorsFan #GoLakers

A post shared by Dan Santat (@dsantat) on Dec 8, 2019 at 4:11pm PST

 

 

 

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DAY 10/25: Signing stock at @vromansbookstore with my ugly holiday sweater. #TheGreatSantaStakeout in stores now by @fusenumber8 and published by @scholasticinc

A post shared by Dan Santat (@dsantat) on Dec 10, 2019 at 2:43pm PST

 

 

 

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DAY 11/25: By request of @colbysharp I'm posing with my ugly Christmas sweater with Cardboard Schu version 1.0 and he somehow is holding #TheGreatSantaStakeout by @fusenumber8 and published by @scholasticinc which is in stores NOW

A post shared by Dan Santat (@dsantat) on Dec 11, 2019 at 2:01pm PST

 

 

 

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DAY 12/25: The ugly sweater is for sale at Macy's for $18. #TheGreatSantaStakeout in stores now. Written by @fusenumber8 and published by @Scholastic

A post shared by Dan Santat (@dsantat) on Dec 12, 2019 at 2:25pm PST

 

 

 

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DAY 16/25: Ugly sweater under a beautiful rainbow after a 4 mile run. #thegreatsantastakeout by @fusenumber8 and published by @scholasticinc

A post shared by Dan Santat (@dsantat) on Dec 16, 2019 at 10:11am PST

To learn more about The Great Santa Stakeout click here.

*Please note that some images have been photoshopped for comedic effect