7. Merry Christmas, U2!

The last person to really successfully deploy U2 in a Christmas greeting scheme was Bob Geldof, so it’s nice to see someone’s picking up the mantle here. In this festive bit of fan art, the seemingly delighted Adam Clayton and Edge appear to be rocking around the Christmas tree while dressing a none-too-happy Larry Mullen, Jr. as Santa. The caption reads “This Year, It’s Larry’s Turn to Dress Up as Santa… Merry Christmas U2 Friends!” with the implication that donning the jolly elf’s suit is the punishment for drawing the short straw. Maybe things are just different in Ireland than in America? In any event, this isn’t such a bad little tableaux at all, but for one thing: there appears to be some wisecracker in the background putting an anvil into Santa’s sack. Who is that guy? Jerry Stiller? Where is Bono? Is the anvil Bono’s gift? Are we being taught some kind of lesson here about the true meaning of Christmas? We guess you should just embrace the mystery.