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Video: Watch This Pug Explore The City In A Santa Outfit
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Jen Carlson
Published Dec 20, 2012
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Meet Candy the pug. She's a pug, a reindeer, an elf, she's Santa! And here is nearly seven minutes of her exploring the city—the loose plotline is that she's searching for the perfect gift for the tiny human she lives with but SPOILER we don't even ever get to see what she picks out or how she managed to pay for it without money or opposable thumbs. But still, it's magical, and the whole thing is soundtracked by some Bleeding Gums Murphy-esque Christmas jazz:
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Jen Carlson
Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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