Welcome to the worldwide Santacon nexus, the orginal resource for Santarchy events across the globe.
Every December for the last 15 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.
You'd better watch out! Santa's coming to town!
Santacon 2008 Information
and Event Coverage
"You'd Better Watch Out:
Portland Santacon '96"
Weird America's San Francisco Santacon '95
- For the most part Santarchy! is an archive only. We don't do any active planning on this website, however we will mention upcoming Santacons that have their information posted online.
- If you are looking for Santacon planning info, try contacting your local lodge of The Cacophony Society or the Santacon and Santarchy tribes.
- We do not condone or encourage any kind of vandalism or violence at a Santacon event. Our santas do not destroy property, steal merchandise or do harm to others.
- Santarchy is not a movement, that's what you do in the bathroom. In addition to that, the annual Santacon events are not a protest against Christmas or commercialization. Really, it's just a bunch of santas getting together to have a good time.
- We do not provide or sell any stock photos or video footage and all images on this website are copyright of their owners. If you want to use any photos or videos on this website, please contact the owner directly.
- We do not do interviews with the media and so on. We're not actively involved with organizing any of the Santacon events (see #1), so if you are looking for people to interview, try contacting the organizers of various regional Santacon events.
- We have absolutly nothing to do with any idiot santas you may have heard about in New Zealand. Contrary to misreporting by the media, they are not associated Santarchy or the Santacon events.
- If you came here looking for Chuck Palahniuk, he's the one drinking cheap tequila over here.
October 2008
January 2008
December 2007
August 2007
December 2006
November 2006
March 2006
January 2006
December 2005
Do you have a santacon website you would like to add to the archives?
Contact us at:
hohoho AT santarchy DOT com
Make sure to mention what which city it took place in.
This site is maintained by Santa Squid (retired), with occasional input from Santa Melmoth (retired), both veterans of the great Santa wars 1994-98.
With special guest bloggers Santa de Nada & o'Santa Bin Laden
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Santarchy Logo
Christmas came early for santarchy.com today in the form of an awesome new logo, courtesy of Ghostex. Santa’s going to bring him a bottle of Scotch this year, instead of the usual coal we give him.
comment by alan mcgovern
on Monday, December 19th, 2005 at 7:12 pm
god bless you all. how do i start my own chapter, in chicago, are there rules?
comment by Steve
on Monday, December 19th, 2005 at 7:53 pm
You’re idiots. Beating up and stealing from working people is not the way to get you point across. Nor is destroying decorations. Why don’t you write an article or use non-violent demonstration. Way to credit yourself as upstanding, respectable citizens. That was sarcasm. Your actions only show that you are immature, disrespectful, and stupid. Merry Christmas.
trackback by Weblogsky
on Monday, December 19th, 2005 at 8:34 pm
Santarchy in Auckland
Looks like Santarchy is getting ugly, with drunken Santarchists rampaging in Auckland. While researching this imiportant story, I discovered there’d been a Santa Rampage in Austin just a few days ago at the Driskill Hotel… less whacky, though, than…
comment by Emmanuel Aidoo
on Tuesday, December 20th, 2005 at 12:59 am
Please mail me my request of nintendo gameboy advance.
comment by Christian Von Huusom
on Tuesday, December 20th, 2005 at 5:44 am
Hey there.
Is it possible to start up a chapter in Copen-fucking-hagen….
comment by Ghostex
on Tuesday, December 20th, 2005 at 6:03 am
Looks like some people can type, but have problems reading the most _obvious_ Mini-FAQ located on the
—Right hand side of the page—.
“3. We do not condone or encourage any kind of vandalism or violence at a Santacon event. Our santas do not destroy property, steal merchandise or do harm to others.”
kthnxmerryboozemas steve ;D —->