{"id":962,"date":"2008-12-14T13:02:12","date_gmt":"2008-12-14T21:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/14\/drunk-santas-takeover-san-francisco\/"},"modified":"2013-11-19T06:08:54","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T14:08:54","slug":"drunk-santas-takeover-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/962\/drunk-santas-takeover-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunk Santas Take Over San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7478_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nSexy Santas spread some yuletide cheer<br \/>\nduring SantaCon 2008 yesterday.<br \/>\n<strong>Photos by Luke Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>December 14, 2008<\/p>\n<p>Jingle Bells! Oh what fun it is to participate in the annual SantaCon drunkathon when hundreds, if not thousands, of yuletide revelers from all over the Bay Area don inexpensive Santa suits and go on a massive pub-crawl in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>And did I mention everyone gets drunk off his or her tits?  Well, not everyone gets completely plastered, but everyone is having the time of their lives &#8211; just what the doctor ordered to shake off those holiday season blues.<\/p>\n<p>And so it was, Saturday, when the streets of San Francisco became artfully decorated with an army of yo-ho-ho-ing bearded Santas, peacefully and joyfully marching from one watering hole to the next, spreading seasons greetings, love, generosity, and the real spirit of Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>The first SantaCon got its start in 1994 after Suicide Club founder Gary Warne read an article in <em>Mother Jones<\/em> about a Danish political group that mobbed a department store in Copenhagen. The article inspired Warne to organize a non-political version of the same event in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, SantaCon has grown into a worldwide phenomenon with many different interpretations of the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t call SantaCon a protest against commercialism, but it may as well be,&#8221;\u009d said one Santa, who joked she was from the North Pole. &#8220;More accurately, it&#8217;s an event about culture jamming, a mild form of anarchic expression all rolled into one massive have-a-great-time holiday cheer pissup.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7491_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7347_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7088_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nThe Mission District SantaCon crew prepares for departure<br \/>\nfollowing a hearty breakfast and several pitchers of Mimosa&#8217;s and Bloody Mary&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7149_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nThirsty Santas stop off for an elixir at Elixir in the Mission.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7138_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nSanta&#8217;s little helpers get thirsty, too.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7165_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nPretty in Pink Santa!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7212_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nSanta\/Elf mutant.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7230_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nBanana Santa?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7348_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nMarilyn Monroe Santa.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7350_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7321_std.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><br \/>\nHo Ho Hope Santa.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7242_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nSanta Spankathon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7250_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7258_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7642_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nSanta Elaine receives a severe spanking from Santa Steve and Santa Ted.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7422_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nSanta Ted&#8217;s raison d&#8217;etre.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00c2\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7183_std.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7398_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nNaughty boy!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7431_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7438_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nFurry boots Santa.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7472_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nCharlie&#8217;s Angels Santas.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7524_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7538_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nDeep kept the music flowing and smiles growing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7551_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nElvis Santas.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7580_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nTrumpet Santa.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7588_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nPimp Off Santas.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7600_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nMedieval Santas.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7664_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7699_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nBooty Santa&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7723_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nPhotog Elf.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7729_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nNaughty Santas.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2008\/santacon_081213\/_w2w7734_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p 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