UK cabaret darling Joe Black, in the top hat, is a standout. Credit: JI JI LEE
UK cabaret darling Joe Black, in the top hat, is a standout.
UK cabaret darling Joe Black, in the top hat, is a standout. JI JI LEE

I never saw Homo for the Holidays.

I know! I’m so bad! Witnessing RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars dropout BenDeLaCreme perform her long-standing gay holiday variety show with Kitten N’ Lou, Seattle’s burlesque power couple, was the first of many requirements to being a good gay in Seattle. I’m sorry! I was busy!

And now I’ll never have the chance to indulge in the original Homo for the Holidays tradition because the cast split apart earlier this year, and Kitten N’ Lou have revamped the show, sans DeLa, and added a few new cast members.

But I’m not shedding any tears, because I saw this “next chapter” of Homo for the Holidays last weekend, the equally-tackily-titled Jingle All the Gay, and scoot on over, homo, because this new holiday cast fucking sleighs.

Chase Burns is The Stranger's former editor. He's covered everything from gay luchadores to chemical weapons to Isabella Rossellini's favorite pets.