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[HvyMtlClickWitch]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - 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.

"They came in, said 'Merry Christmas' and then helped themselves," store owner Changa Manakynda said.

Alex Dyer, a spokesman for the group, said Santarchy was a worldwide movement designed to protest the commercialization of Christmas.

[Miguel_Ricardo]

That's insane!!! and shouldn't the topic's name be " ho ho ho !" ?

[HvyMtlClickWitch]

Oh hell. I didn't think of that.

[Stealth]

Ho ho hold the payments!..... Stupid Leon's commercial

Anyways, go New Zealander Santas!!

[stratohawk]

Though I'm not an anarchist and would never support such actions, it has something... profound.

[htcdude]

Childish men

[HvyMtlClickWitch]

Though I'm not an anarchist and would never support such actions, it has something... profound.

My thoughts exactly.

And aside from the profundity of the situation, on the surface level it's so damn comical.

[browneyedgirl]

It does Sound like a protest against commercialism of XMas to me. But, did it work?
Or maybe it ws jst a bunch of guys looking for an excuse to blow off steam/stess&have alittle fun.
How come it wasn't mentioned on the news, or Comedy Central? Or, Letterman?

[NeonVomit]

Excellent. Anything that destroys or hurts the commercialisation of Christmas has my full support.

People forget what it's all about.

[HvyMtlClickWitch]

How come it wasn't mentioned on the news, or Comedy Central? Or, Letterman?

Because nobody in the U.S. knows where New Zealand is.

[Heiserich]

Santarchy is a good idea... the next great political movement, haha...