개망나니 산타들의 ...

과도한 상업적인 경향으로 변질된 성탄절을 반대한다면서 40명의 뉴질랜드

사람들이 엉터리 산타크로즈 복장으로 길거리에서 오줌을 내갈기고 보안 시설을

파괴하고 정박중인 배로 기어 오르고 공공 건물에 낙서를 해되고 달리는 차를 향해

맥주 병을 내던지는 소동을 부리다 경찰에 붙들렸는 데 이유인즉 상업화된 성탄절을

규탄한다고 했다나요. 산타도 부담스럽겠다. 동기부여란 면에서 그냥 상업화된 판매시즌도

나쁠 건 없다. 신명나는 잔치로 기분의 리프레쉬가 일어나니까.어쨌든 아기 예수의

탄생이 그 유래와 기원이니까, 그러나 실상을 바로 알고 또 바로 알려지기만하면

이처럼 멋진 좋은 고무적인 절기도 없는 데...

Drunken Santas run riot in Auckland

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP)Santa Claus outfits, many of them drunk, went on a rampage

through Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, robbing stores, assaulting security guards and

urinating from highway overpasses, police said Sunday.

Sunday, December 18, 2005 Posted: 0142 GMT (0942 HKT)

The rampage, dubbed "Santarchy," began early Saturday afternoon when the men, wearing ill-fitting

Santa costumes, threw beer bottles and urinated on cars from an overpass, said Auckland Central Police

spokesman 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 office 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, who were later treated by paramedics,

Hegarty said.

The remaining Santas entered another 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.

Two security guards were treated for cuts after being struck by beer bottles, Hegarty said. Three people,

including the man who climbed on the cruise ship, were arrested and charged with drunkenness and

disorderly behavior. Alex Dyer, a spokesman for the group, said Santarchy was a worldwide movement

designed to protest the commercialization of Christmas.