Bad Santa

You have to love it when you discover a phenomenon that you have never ever heard of and it turns out to be not just global but HUGE. Welcome to Bad Santa.

These guys are tops and next year I am hiring a red suit.

Australians - if you are in Adelaide this Saturday (24 Dec) at 6.30pm go to the Beehive corner of Rundle Mall and King William St. If anyone is there send us some photos and comments about the event.

More info on this bad Santa thing below;

• There are four cardinal rules at Santacon. Don’t mess with the police. Don’t mess with kids. Don’t mess with store security. And don’t mess with Santa. These rules were printed on the backs of vomit bags. The bags were passed among the crowd.
• Bad Santas run wild in Auckland
  A gang of "Santas" cut a trail of havoc across New Zealand's biggest city in what was meant to be a protest against the commercialisation of Christmas. A police spokesman described it as "fairly average behaviour" from "an organised group of idiots". "They came in, said 'Merry Christmas' and then helped themselves," said store owner Changa Manakynda. Senior Sergeant Matt Rogers of the police said the men had acted more like clowns than Santas. But he added that identification of alleged wrongdoers might be problematic.
• Every December, for the last 12 years, Cacophonous Santas have been visiting cities around the world and generating a bit of naughty Christmas fun 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.