Santacon 2007 events are currently being planned around the world for the days and weeks leading up to Christmas. Over on santarchy.com I’ve been tracking the cities currently being targeted for Santarchy invasions.
Surprisingly there hasn’t been any specific event information posted for San Francisco or Los Angeles, however according to this Tribe.net thread looks like the San Francisco event is being planned for December 15th.
Oh and if you look at the comments on the Santacon 2007 blog post, you’ll see that some people are upset that the NYC Santacon was set for December 8th, not the 15th. My suggestion, have one on both days. There’s enough Santarchy to go around.
To get a better idea of what Santarchy is all about, check Weird America’s classic video of Santacon 1995 in San Francisco (the 2nd annual Santacon).
UPDATE 1: San Francisco Santacon date has been confirmed for December 15th.
UPDATE 2: It appears that Santacon LA is being planned for December 8th.
Here Are A Few Related Posts You Might Enjoy:
- Santacon 2007 Carol Book, Naughty Christmas Songs For Santarchy
- Santacon 2008, Global Santarchy Invasion Planned For December
- Santacon 2009, Mass Santarchy Invasion Planned For Cities Around The World This December
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It is my understanding that the SF/Oak Santacon organization IS indeed underway, as is the Los Angeles chapter. I’ve sent a message to the SF/Oak organizer to give Santa a heads up that he needs to hook into the network and get that info out there.
See you at santa!
Yes! Count me in for this year.
Let’s hope Santarchy never turns out like the Rioting Santas of New Zealand. (Those Kiwis can get pretty uppity about Christmas I guess)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/19/santa_rampage/
;)
Hey! A blue santa!
Santarchy is sooo old news.
How about a good ole’ Buy Nothing Day ELF STRIKE?
SF Info (sadly, there isn’t a Scott Beale who has the website hopping for this event):
BUY NOTHING DAY ELF STRIKE!
Join the Reverend Billy’s Church of Stop Shopping, Global Exchange,
and Santa’s elves for the nationwide Buy Nothing Day Elf Strike! The
holidays should be about love, community, and sharing not the
corporate model of endless consumerism, low wages, poor working
conditions, and environmental destruction. Santa’s elves and reindeer
are fed up with what’s become of the holidays and they will be
striking on the busiest shopping day of the year. If you’d like to
show solidarity with the elves, contact Andy at 415-533-4694 to find
out how you can get involved. Elves needed!
Join the Nationwide Elf Strike
The Holidays Should Be About Community, Love and Sharing
Friday November 23rd at Noon
Powell and Market, San Francisco
Info-415-533-4694 or andy.blue@yahoo.com
A “blue” Santa?
Oy!
SantaCon NYC Dec 8th! yay!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rFOCDMg1NRI
Good times….. :)
It is now Dec. 03 and I cannot find any info. RE: santaconLA which is puported to be Dec. 08 on the Santacon website but which has no link.
Does anyone have any info.?
Thank you for explaining this phenomenon! I was playing at the Union Square subway station and I noticed many Santas walking by. I got curious so I searched the Net for an answer… I’m glad it was on Dec. 8th, because it enabled me to witness this wonderful happening.
Cool!
All the best,
‘Saw Lady’
http://www.SawLady.com/blog
This message goes out to the two Santas who insulted me on St. Marks Place between First Avenue and Avenue A, at approximately 10pm last night, you have no respect for the red suit, you think it’s so cool to go around and insult people, you think that’s what being Santa is all about.
Why don’t you do yourself and the rest of the world a favor, why don’t you go out and sleep with an AIDS infested crackhead…people like you don’t deserve to live.