Thought you all might get a kick out of this article. It is VERY "on topic". Kinda funny too...
Santas Go On Rampage in New Zealand
Saturday, December 17, 2005
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A group of 40 people dressed in Santa Claus costumes, many of them drunk, rampaged through New Zealand's largest city, robbing stores and assaulting security guards, police said Sunday.
The rampage, dubbed "Santarchy" by local newspapers, began early Saturday afternoon when the men, wearing ill-fitting Santa costumes, threw beer bottles and urinated on cars from an Auckland overpass, said Auckland Central Police spokeswoman Noreen Hegarty.
She said the men then rushed through a central city park, overturning garbage containers, throwing bottles at passing cars and spraying graffiti on buildings.
One man climbed the mooring line of a cruise ship before being ordered down by the captain. Other Santas, objecting when the man was arrested, attacked security staff, Hegarty said.
The remaining Santas entered a downtown convenience store and carried off beer and soft drinks.
"They came in, said 'Merry Christmas' and then helped themselves," store owner Changa Manakynda said.
Alex Dyer, a spokesman for the group, said Santarchy was a worldwide movement designed to protest the commercialization of Christmas.
We had our exchange of gifts Sunday night after dinner at a nice restraurant with my wife & step-daughter, complete with music by Mannheim Steamroller (from Omaha btw) and Trans-Siberian Orchestra, so we get to miss out on the madness of last-minute gift shopping.
Our group is doing it's Yule observance on Wednesday night, the evening of the Winter Solstice; my wife and I are officiating this year.
I go back to work Wednesday morning after two days off, and expect that it will be crazily busy from then until 6pm Christmas Eve when we close for 36 hours!
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Thought you all might get a kick out of this article. It is VERY "on topic". Kinda funny too...
Santas Go On Rampage in New Zealand
Saturday, December 17, 2005
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A group of 40 people dressed in Santa Claus costumes, many of them drunk, rampaged through New Zealand's largest city, robbing stores and assaulting security guards, police said Sunday.
The rampage, dubbed "Santarchy" by local newspapers, began early Saturday afternoon when the men, wearing ill-fitting Santa costumes, threw beer bottles and urinated on cars from an Auckland overpass, said Auckland Central Police spokeswoman Noreen Hegarty.
She said the men then rushed through a central city park, overturning garbage containers, throwing bottles at passing cars and spraying graffiti on buildings.
One man climbed the mooring line of a cruise ship before being ordered down by the captain. Other Santas, objecting when the man was arrested, attacked security staff, Hegarty said.
The remaining Santas entered a downtown convenience store and carried off beer and soft drinks.
"They came in, said 'Merry Christmas' and then helped themselves," store owner Changa Manakynda said.
Alex Dyer, a spokesman for the group, said Santarchy was a worldwide movement designed to protest the commercialization of Christmas.
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We had our exchange of gifts Sunday night after dinner at a nice restraurant with my wife & step-daughter, complete with music by Mannheim Steamroller (from Omaha btw) and Trans-Siberian Orchestra, so we get to miss out on the madness of last-minute gift shopping.
Our group is doing it's Yule observance on Wednesday night, the evening of the Winter Solstice; my wife and I are officiating this year.
I go back to work Wednesday morning after two days off, and expect that it will be crazily busy from then until 6pm Christmas Eve when we close for 36 hours!
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