Father Christmas Was a Rolling Stone

Interview magazine, December 1977

 
 

On the front cover over an image of Mick Jagger as Father Christmas carrying Iman and Paul von Ravenstein in his sack. Founded in 1969 by the pop art pioneer Andy Warhol, Interview Magazine was dedicated to the cult of celebrity. It featured cutting edge graphics and interviews with some of the most notorious figures of the day. In the early days Warhol himself would distribute copies free as he walked the streets of Manhattan’s Upper East Street