By Clara KirkpatrickJanuary 12, 2022
![Person wearing a very big red coat.](https://media.newyorker.com/photos/61ded53dcbc0ac84d9969026/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/BigRedCoatFinal_1.jpg)
![Person wearing big red coat in shop.](https://media.newyorker.com/photos/61ded53dcbc0ac84d9969027/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/BigRedCoatFinal_2.jpg)
![Person wearing big red coat and sitting in a movie theater.](https://media.newyorker.com/photos/61ded53dc9c40bafd7f7569b/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/BigRedCoatFinal_3.jpg)
![Two people in mittens and coats shaking hands.](https://media.newyorker.com/photos/61ded53fd1968fc10283abd9/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/BigRedCoatFinal_4.jpg)
![Person in big red coat riding the bus.](https://media.newyorker.com/photos/61ded53fed12fc1082eb8915/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/BigRedCoatFinal_5.jpg)
![Person in big red coat covered in feathers.](https://media.newyorker.com/photos/61ded53f15569ea4b37d1c23/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/BigRedCoatFinal_6.jpg)
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