Harvey Fierstein Says He'll Be 'Mrs. Santa' at Thanksgiving Parade

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Hope he shaves. Just joking.

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NEW YORK (AP) - New York's annual Thanksgiving parade is famous for its giant balloon caricatures, but Mrs. Claus in drag may be drawing the second looks this year.

In lighthearted support of a recent Massachusetts high court ruling favoring gay marriage, Harvey Fierstein - Broadway's most famous drag queen - will dress as Mrs. Claus while riding downtown on a float.

Fierstein, star of the Broadway musical hit "Hairspray" and openly gay, wrote an op-ed piece in The New York Times Wednesday promoting his planned homage to Mrs. Claus.

The 49-year-old playwright-actor, who wasn't immediately available for comment, wrote that "to the delight of millions of little children, the Santa in New York's great parade will be half of a same-sex couple."

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