Santarchy
If you have lived in any major city in the US for the past few years, during the holidays you have probably seen a strange parade of people dressed as freaky looking Santas wandering the streets. This bizarre parade happens once a year, and if you want to join in the fun in Seattle this year, you can because it's happening on December 15.Santarchy, or Santacon, is Santas gone nuts. People dress up in their own customized version of a Santa costume and wander the streets together in a flowing mass of white beards and red suits, eventually wandering into bars for drinking. I originally thought this just happened in Seattle. Seattle is a city with a large population of crazy, I mean creative, people and it seemed like a logical assumption. I was wrong, Santacon first began in San Francisco in 1994:
[The concept] was simply to play with the archetypal image of Santa using a barrage of many Santa’s (hopefully) inducing a psychedelic reaction from the public while the core of Santa’s had a real adventure and a lot of fun while goofing it up at various downtown X-mas locations.This seems to remain the overall theme of Santacon, which now takes places in cities all over the world and according to participants, it's a lot of fun.
I personally have not participated in this event because I am not into Santa costumes. The Santa costume thing creeps me out, like clowns creep me out. Now, I have participated in the Pillow Fight Club, and, I'm not saying anything for sure, but those Santas better be prepared for an ambush this year.
- Seattle Santacon 2007 details here.
- Pictures of past Seattle Santarchy here.
