I see we made the paper this morning. About 20-30 Santas took to the malls last night singing naughty Cristmas carols and visiting all the cool shops :rolleyes: at the new mall. These pix were near the start of the night--can't show some of the images from later, but it did devolve from here--mostly after our "sleigh ride" on a local bus. Far as I know we all avoided getting arrested, but the cops at the new mall weren't all that enamoured of our group. We did manage to get kicked out of Islands Grill for singing dirty Christmas Carols and a cop gave us a warning for playing amplified music on the downtown mall, but other than that the night went well. Anyway--here's the wife and I (and others) doing our part to keep Boulder weird...

Article from the Daily Camera:




Protesting Santas strut their stuff at 29th Street

By Vanessa Miller
Saturday, November 25, 2006

Many celebrated Black Friday without emptying their wallets.




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Participants of Boulder's first "Santacon" — some clad in duct-taped Santa jackets over miniskirts and thigh-high boots — then jumped on the Hop bus for a makeshift sleigh ride/dance party. The evening extravaganza of anti-consumerism ended with a mock "Santa Appreciation" skip down the Pearl Street Mall.





"I think people have forgotten what Christmas is really about," said a Denver woman who refused to give her name, calling herself only "Saint A. Claus."


"There's a long history to Christmas — both Christian and pagan," she said. "It's more than just Santa Claus and Coca-Cola." The demonstration drew more than 20 people from across the state. Their mission, according to the group's Web site: "Remind Boulder of the true meaning of Christmas. ... And have a few drinks while we're at it."


The Cacophony Society, a national anarchic group, started Santacon in San Francisco 12 years ago, and it has since attracted followers worldwide. According to Santacon.com, "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."


As Boulder's participants marched merrily toward the Victoria's Secret at Twenty Ninth Street, the group's leader flipped on a gift-wrapped boombox that played twisted versions of holiday carols.


Mai Brown, 20, of Boulder, was working in the lingerie store when the Santa parade burst in to mingle with shoppers while the stereo played "Yellow Snow" to the tune of "Let It Snow."


"It was pretty surprising," Brown said. "But they all looked pretty fun; not like all the other Santas."


Maribeth Hite, whose daughter attends the University of Colorado, said she agrees with the group's protest, and that Victoria's Secret was the perfect place for the Santas to begin their evening. "This is consumerism to the Nth," Hite said. "And no one needs any of this stuff."


Boulder police were made aware of the rowdy group but said they had no problems.


That's how Santacon likes it.


Group rules read: "Twisting the holiday paradigm until it screams for mercy is fun. Getting arrested is not."



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Why do you hate America?

Why do you hate America?

...and God and puppies and apple pie. :p

Mrs. Claus wears combat boots! Sweet!

i like bojos face in dat one

good work dude. I merely went down to denver and ziptied shopping carts to trees and cart racks and random other stuff with giant industrial zipties supplied by Frye and the courier hooligans. we hit like 3 targets and 2 best buys and a few supermarkets in between all up and down Colorado Blvd. the only part that sucked is that because of his busted wing Frye had to use his pedicab so the going was slower than usual. the bonus of having the pedicab... well it meant we could carry more booze and Frye could pick up chicas (which he did, actually... that kid never ceases to amaze me).

Nice work BJ and LFR!

I didn't make it out this year due to important matters at a hockey arena (where my Devils lost to the Ducks, though it was a GREAT game). For some reason the game was at 1, which inspired me to do absolutley nothing with my AM other than have some Molsons (we were going to watch Hockey after all) with my buddy before the game.

I generally try to make it a special day in my own little way. Generally small stuff like opening boxes, changing prices, filling carts to the brim and leaving them throughout the store... I do love the idea of an organized Santa protest (everyone loves Santa, right?). And the zip-tie thing is a good idea too. I generally carry a knife with me though, so I had never thought of that one. Instead: a finger full of Vaseline across the handle used to do the trick ;)



joe

Let's all do what Bo Jo did :D

By the way, cool outfit!

Let's all do what Bo Jo did :D

By the way, cool outfit!
They have these all over the place...here's one site on it:

http://santarchy.com/

This was the 1st Boulder Santacon--guessing it won't be the last though.

//I forgot one really fun part of the night--we invaded the St. Julian Hotel and crashed a salsa dance party.

i like bojos face in dat one

That's my "not sober" face for sure....:D

I think I understand what you were trying to do here but I'm not as sure about why you were singing dirty carols?

I think I understand what you were trying to do here but I'm not as sure about why you were singing dirty carols?
why not? :D

I think it was Frosty the Cokehead or The 12 Drugs of Christmas that finally got us booted:

http://cruiserbikeride.org/santacon/XXXmasCarols.pdf

//it was in the 21 and older section of the bar

looks like wifey just had....nothing (to drink)

what's up with that?

looks like wifey just had....nothing (to drink)

what's up with that?

nah we both had plenty...I was tallying it all up this morning and was surprised I didn't feel worse than I did.

looks like she's a lil better at "appearing not druzzled" than sum

also does she have any of those "fishnet leggigns/hose style things"?

just urious

looks like she's a lil better at "appearing not druzzled" than sum

also does she have any of those "fishnet leggigns/hose style things"?

just urious
Yeah, but it was cold out last night...I think those are long underwear.

Note to self: Must go to Boulder to play with BoJo and Mrs. BoJo.

They have these all over the place...here's one site on it:


nice work, Santa Jones II

L.A. suxxx, ain't on the list. Hmmm, might need to work on that.