Posted on 12/21/2011 2:56:03 PM PST by NormsRevenge
SOUTH STREET SEAPORT — Thousands of drunken Santas terrorized Lower Manhattan when they flooded into the neighborhood for SantaCon earlier this month, openly flouting public drinking and urination laws, locals say.
Angry residents attended Community Board 1's Monday night meeting to complain about the latest incarnation of the annual pub crawl, whose participants have been allowed to grow more rowdy every year, they say.
"There was public urination, people vomiting all over the place, open containers and no police," said John Fratta, chairman of the Seaport/Civic Center Committee which plans to send an angry missive to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and the 1st Precinct complaining about the lack of enforcement during SantaCon.
The committee said that the NYPD devoted more resources to Occupy Wall Street than to SantaCon, and asked police for a better response at the neighborhood's next expected pub-crawl on St. Patrick's Day.
"The mayor put so much power on Occupy Wall Street, he had Downtown under lock and key — but he forgot about Santa," said Ann DeFalco, a member of Community Board 1's Seaport/Civic Center Committee, at a meeting Monday night.
Residents said they saw unruly Santas buying six-packs of bottled beer on Fulton Street, then standing in the middle of the street drinking them and shattering the empty glass bottles on the ground.
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I know I shouldn’t laugh, but this sounds like some kind of hallucination...
Perfect comment! Post Of The Day Award.
Santa’s a mean drunk.
[ open on Laraine Newman and Dan Aykroyd standing in line to see Santa Claus at the mall ]
Laraine Newman: I’m next!
Dan Aykroyd: [ laughing ] Are you sure you want to do this?
Laraine Newman: Sure! You know, I mean it’s crazy, this time of year does something to me, I feel like a little kid!
Dan Aykroyd: Make it quick, though - we’ve got a lot of shopping to do.
Laraine Newman: Oh, don’t be such a Scrooge. Where’s your spirit?
[ little girl steps off Santa’s lap and heads off ]
Mall Santa: Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas, everybody!
Laraine Newman: I’ll only be a minute.
Dan Aykroyd: Sure.
[ as Laraine steps up to Santa Claus, she unrolls some toilet paper which she proceeds to place around his lap ]
Dan Aykroyd: Hey, wait a minute! What are you doing?
Laraine Newman: Relax! I said I’ll only be a minute..
Dan Aykroyd: What is this?
Laraine Newman: It’s for protection.
Dan Aykroyd: Toilet tissue?! You mean, you haven’t heard of Santi-Wrap? [ holds up red and green colored toilet seat protection sheet ] Sure.. Santi-Wrap - the colorful, decorative and hygienic way to protect yourself from germs carried by the likes of a part-time Santa Claus.
Mall Santa: [ drinking from a bottle of alcohol ] Ho ho ho..
Dan Aykroyd: Look, he’s so jolly, he’s smart, he knows if you’ve been sleeping - but do you know where he’s been sleeping?
Laraine Newman: [ sits up with a stir ] Oh, my goodness!
Dan Aykroyd: That’s just it, Look, Laraine - I love Santa just as much as anybody else, but, December 26th, Noel over here goes back to the Y.
Mall Santa: [ drinking from a bottle of alcohol ] Ho ho ho..
Laraine Newman: But won’t toilet paper protect me?
Dan Aykroyd: Two-ply? Never. Not these germs. Let me show you.
[ show image of Santa’s bare leg ]
Dan Aykroyd: This is a picture of Santa’s leg. Seems normal. But look at the same picture magnified under a microscope.
[ show circular close-up of tiny little men sitting on a street corner, with little hairs surrounding the lens ]
Laraine Newman: Are those Santa’s helpers?
Dan Aykroyd: Yes, those are Santa’s helpers. And they’re communicable. Now, will you stop using the two-ply?
Laraine Newman: What a fool I’ve been! [ replaces her toilet paper with one Santi-Wrap sheet and sits ] Okay.. I want a car, and a refigerator, and -
Dan Aykroyd: Use Santi-rap, and I promise you won’t get one tick.. from jolly St. Nick.
Mall Santa: [ drinking from a bottle of alcohol ] Ho ho ho.. ho.. ho ho..
NYC must be one of the most insane places on Earth
The sure sign of a good time.
Photos from SantaCon. No comment on the last picture.
Sounds like the Christmas version of OWS.
If mall santas had looked like the brunette in that first pic when I was a kid, they probably would have had to drag me off Santa’s lap.
The extent of, and rapidity with which human beings are regressing is astounding. Too many seem to be becoming more like animals every day.
“Ho, Ho, Ho” means something entirely different to this group of Santas.
Speaking of insane, I just looked over and saw schumer on my TV screen. Yuck.
Here you go, boys, a two-pack of Xmas cheer. And I don't think there's coal in their stockings, either.
"It's coal for you and me!"
There’s a Ravi Zacharaias audio floating around in here someplace that explains it perfectly, just your intellectual level. I’ll see if I can locate it and ping you ... oh, and Happy Christmas, m’Lady.
“There was public urination, people vomiting all over the place, open containers and no police,”
Sounds like Occupy the North Pole
Most Blessed and Merry Christmas to you as well, kind sir.
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