On December 9, cheap suit Santas will gather where it all began: San Francisco. Details below. HO, Gather your Elves. Fluff your Reindeer. Be jowly. Don your gay apparel. Santa is on the move. This is the firm date and will not change, rain or shine.
Early-bird Santas rushed to the rescue of Boulder, Colorado mall victims on Black Friday, Nov. 24. The Boulder Daily Camera covered the melodrama.
2005 Tokyo, Photo by Needle Oyabun Santa has informed us that the Tokyo Santarchy is on for December 23rd. The Next Santarchy is 12/23 Saturday. The Full On Santadelic, Nobody Can Stop Us! Meet at 12 noon at Shibuya Hachiko Rain or Bad Weather the event is canceled. Fees: Of course it is Free! Costume: […]
photo by JP Ryan This just in, Chicago’s sleeper cell of Santerrorists is meeting at Congress Pkwy & Michigan Ave at 2PM on December 16th.
Introducing special guest bloggers Santa de Nada and o’Santa Bin Laden. That’s right, santarchy.com has enlisted Kringle re-enforcements as we ramp up for this year’s Christmas season. I’m sure between the two of them they will dig up some exciting Santarchy news and nonsense. As you can tell from the photos, they are well qualified […]
Jody Franklin wrote a great essay for MungBeing giving a historical overview of the relationship between Christmas, Santa Claus, Santarchy and Saturnalia: On Santa Claus and Saturnalian Revival “In which the author recounts his persistent and irrational childhood belief in Santa Claus, and rediscovers in adulthood the magic of Christmas in Santarchy.”
Is Santa Claus in fact Satan? Is it more than just a simple misspelling (Santa/Satan)? Dial-the-Truth Ministries goes into great detail investigating the religious history of the modern day Santa Claus: “Santa Claus: The Great Imposter” Of course the highly authoritative Landover Baptist Church has some thoughts on this issue as well: The Devil Is […]
photo by Kathryn Hill Rico Gagliano did a very amusing radio segment on Los Angeles Santacon today for Marketplace: “Rebels without a Claus” This by far is one of the best reports on Santacon that I’ve come across. Some media outlets are finally starting to do their homework. Keep up the good work boys and […]
photo by Wm Leler Check out Marjorie Skinner’s The Portland Mercury article on Santacon that came out today: “Yes, There is a Santa Mob” For the most part, Marjorie actually seems to understand what Santarchy/Santacon is all about and she’s even included some fairly accurate historical information. She also mentions the Auckland, New Zealand Santa […]
photo by Scott Beale Dateline, San Francisco: Midget Dressed as Santa Disembowels Carmelite Nun with Teeth While Hundreds of Yobs Dressed as Santa Cheer Now that I have your attention: Santarchy: a brief history. Santa names have been obscured to protect the guilty. Talk about an absurd one-trick pony event with a half-life of Strontium […]