Santas Go on Rampage in New Zealand

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Dec. 17) - A group of 40 people dressed in Santa Claus costumes, many of them drunk, rampaged through New Zealand's largest city, robbing stores and assaulting security guards, police said Sunday.

The rampage, dubbed "Santarchy" by local newspapers, began early Saturday afternoon when the men, wearing ill-fitting Santa costumes, threw beer bottles and urinated on cars from an Auckland overpass, said Auckland Central Police spokeswoman Noreen Hegarty.

She said the men then rushed through a central city park, overturning garbage containers, throwing bottles at passing cars and spraying graffiti on buildings.

One man climbed the mooring line of a cruise ship before being ordered down by the captain. Other Santas, objecting when the man was arrested, attacked security staff, Hegarty said.

The remaining Santas entered a downtown convenience store and carried off beer and soft drinks.

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12/17/05 21:31 EST

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[Al-CIAda]

1. Santarchy- lmao

[gulfcoastliberal]

2. Cool. New Zealand sounds better and better than this bitter, wedge-issued

"intelligent design", vaporvote, americantaliban hellhole we're morphing into.

Give me drunk & disorderly santas anyday. And I consider myself Jewish.

[Spinzonner]

3. Guess they got Blitzened

[devilgrrl]

4. L.A.'s Santa Con was today

250 of them, many drunk, invaded Hollywood this afternoon. :evilgrin:

[Jed Dilligan]

5. It's only fun...

...until YOUR turkey gets raped.