Santa's Husband is a children's book written by Daniel Kibblesmith and illustrated by Ashley Perryman Quach.

"[5] The tweet went viral with "8,400 likes and 3,300 retweets"[6] and the eventual Los Angeles-based illustrator, Ashley Perryman Quach,[7] responded with "boom.

"[4] On Tuesday, March 28, 2017, Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollin's Publishing, confirmed the release of the book for October 10.

[1] On December 17, both author and illustrator were interviewed by Victor Blackwell on CNN's New Day Weekend, where Kibblesmith commented that his inspiration came from "the annual tradition we have in this country of pretending that there is a giant 'War on Christmas'...and reading [on] the Mall of America hiring a black Santa Claus.

"[8] After the book's release Kibblesmith stated that copies had been sent to Kelly as part of media outreach and expressed "[he] would be extremely interested in coming on her show, and having the actual conversation about it.

[11] Even before the release of the book, Santa's Husband was the subject of criticism[12] and Kibblesmith and Quach were both "trolled" on sites such as Gab and The Daily Stormer.

[17][18] Dana Schwartz of the New York Observer analyzes tweets to reveal a negative viewpoint on Santa's Husband, held mainly by conservatives.