GOING ON THE RAMPAGE
According to the police in Auckland, some forty drunken people, all dressed in Santa Claus outfits, went on the rampage, throwing beer bottles at cars and urinated on them from an overpass bridge. According to Noreen Hegarty, the group then ran through the central park of the city, overturning garbage bins, throwing bottles at passing cars and spraying graffiti on office buildings. One Santa climbed the mooring line of a cruise ship but was ordered down by the captain, and when the man was arrested, other Santas attacked the security guards some of whom required attention from Paramedics. Meanwhile, other Santas entered a nearby store. Said “Merry Christmas” to the owner and then helped themselves to beer from the shelves, leaving without paying. It is believed that the rampaging Santas belong to a group calling itself Santarchy, which describes itself as a worldwide group that protests the commercialisation of Christmas.
Sounds more like a group that protests sobriety? But then we did a little research and it turns out there is, no surprise, a Santarchy website. While the media may have blown the Auckland spree a bit out of proportion, it still sounds like they were more "full drunken" (as the Germans would say) than full of Christmas Cheer.
Santarchy in downtown Auckland?
As the Santarchy site itself says, "Santa should spread good cheer. If he doesn’t, spank him! Or send him to jail." Amen.
"Santarchy" even has a logo.
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