SantaCon Put Kris Kringle On His Keister

Have you heard about SantaCon?  It’s coming to a town near you and in our case Seattle.  SantaCon is a not-for-profit, non-political, non-religious & non-logical Santa Claus "convention." Last year the rolling Santa Convention took on various cities and men dressed as the Jolly Old Elf wandered through cities, spreading love and drinking lots of holiday cheer.

The events are sponsored by the Cacophonist Society, and they have been some busy elves--this year there are 336 locations in 46 countries! That’s a lot of Red, White and brew!

This Saturday SantaCon will be in the following cities: Seattle, Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Bloomington, IN; Boca Raton, Bremerton, Cleveland, Colorada Springs, Detroit, Flagstaff, Helena, Hoboken, Houston, Indianapolis, Jupiter, FL; Lawrence, KS; McKinney, TX; Miami, Milwaukee, Montreal, Northampton, MA; Philadelphia, Portland, Poughkeepsie, Richmond, San Diego, Savannah, Sioux Falls, St Augustine, FL; St Paul, MN; Ventura, CA; West Hartford, CT. For a complete list of SantaCon locations, please check HERE.

This is no jolly come lately organization. Since 1994, hundreds of jolly but evil Santa's helpers get dressed up and run through the city, chanting stuff like "Whose street? Santa's street!" much to the bewilderment of children and amusement of adults.

Everyone gives reporters their name as "Santa" and their address as the North Pole although there are variations on the theme like Elvis Santas, Pimp Claus, Pirate Santa and even an occasional heavy-metal Van Halen Santa.

At a recent Santacon, participants sang variations on carols --like "Frosty the Cokehead" and "Chipmunks Roasting on an Open Fire." Then it's onto a bar.  Said one Bad Santa: "Basically we go until we pass out." For more information on Santacon  check out  http://santacon.info/.