http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/drunk-santas-cause-chaos/2007/12/24/1198344914290.html
Drunk Santas cause chaos
December 24, 2007 - 9:55AM
A gang of about 50 apparently drunken Santas invaded a New Zealand cinema complex at the weekend - frightening customers, damaging property and swearing, the cinema's manager said today.
Police believe the Santas were a group of university students dressed in Santa suits who ran amok for 20 seconds through Hoyts Cinema complex in the South Island city of Christchurch on Saturday, manager Derek Rive said.
"As they ran through the complex they wrecked everything they could, the Christmas tree - they bowled everything over ... [they were] just absolute fools,'' he told The Associated Press.
He said the "hooligans" abused patrons, chanted obscenities, ripped down posters and knocked over cardboard figures advertising films.
"How often do a bunch of Santas just go and wreak havoc?" Rive said.
― Autumn Almanac, Sunday, 23 December 2007 23:22 (eighteen years ago)
What The Ho?
Every December for the last 14 years, Cacophonous Santas have been visiting cities around the world, engaging in a bit of Santarchy as part of the annual Santacon events.
It all started back in 1994 when several dozen Cheap Suit Santas paid a visit to downtown San Francisco for a night of Kringle Kaos. Things have reached Critical Xmas and Santarchy is now a global phenomenon.
― one time, Sunday, 23 December 2007 23:31 (eighteen years ago)