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Santarchy in Pittsburgh
December 10, 2007
As I sat on a bench at one of my spots in the city, eating a pita and wishing I had brought mittens, I noticed a small gathering of Christmas characters congregating alongside the road. Perhaps for a show? A parade? Were they on break from working the department stores?
Something’s going on here.
Oh! Wait. I think I’ve heard of this.
Well, I should probably follow them.
Christmas came early this year.
They sang from the balconies. The workers were dumbstruck.
They invaded every station. They climbed every wall.
Or just the one.
They handed out candy on the streets. And bottles of 7-Up. And pocket lint.
I’ll leave you be, Santas.
Jesus?!
Categories: Daily, Holidays, Pittsburgh
December 10th, 2007 at 1:29 am
Why don’t I ever walk in on flash mobs of Santas?
December 10th, 2007 at 1:48 am
Dude! There’s one in my town! My roommate owns a Santa suit… I’m seeing possibilities here.
December 10th, 2007 at 1:51 am
I knew there was a reason I wanted to go to the South Side Works on Saturday…
December 10th, 2007 at 1:52 am
LOL I love the slutty Santas!
December 10th, 2007 at 1:59 am
crazy! i’d love to see that!!
December 10th, 2007 at 2:12 am
That’s fabulous! And it’s coming to San Diego on the 15th… innnnteresting.
December 10th, 2007 at 2:45 am
Jesus walking around protesting Santa…priceless.
December 10th, 2007 at 2:49 am
Very interesting! Hey Jesus made a guest appearance too! All we have is a Santa Claus parade here, I’d love to see that in Vancouver :P
December 10th, 2007 at 3:15 am
That looks like such fun, I would have followed them too!
December 10th, 2007 at 5:35 am
Wow, plenty of Santas…I’d love to see them in person…
December 10th, 2007 at 6:53 am
Cool! I wish I would have known about this - they were in Chicago this Saturday, too. What sight to see! :)
December 10th, 2007 at 9:10 am
What in the world? And ew, to the slutty santa!
December 10th, 2007 at 9:16 am
That’s me in the heels showing my gutchies :)
December 10th, 2007 at 9:37 am
That’s um, that’s a LOT of red and white… wow.
December 10th, 2007 at 9:52 am
The Jesus is hilarious!
December 10th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Hahah that is quite the site to come upon!
Santa = Satan?!
December 10th, 2007 at 11:26 am
OMG! That is fucking awesome!
December 10th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
so funny.
December 10th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
So many Santas and yet they still skip over my house on Christmas!
K.
December 10th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Whoa … I think I would be more than a little unnerved if I happened upon some Santarchy.
December 10th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Okay that’s just the oddest thing ever ( the Santa flasher)but I love the paradeof Santa! How festive!
December 10th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
This is why I don’t go downtown anymore. (not really, but it can be)
December 10th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
jesus??
pita from pita pit perhaps??
December 10th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
Damn it, I knew I wanted to go to South Side on Saturday. Stupid Waterfront didn’t have any stinking Santas walking around.
December 10th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
OK this is too cool…!!!!
And funny as all get out!
December 10th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
That’s insane!! And hilarious… I’ve never seen anything like that before. And LMAO @ Jesus. *pinches his cheeks*
December 10th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
[...] I found some great santarchy photos over at thatnight. [...]
December 10th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
there were a SHIT TON of Santas around here two days ago.
…they were all drinking at a bar on St. Marks.
ps: you’re totally linked
December 10th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
omg, it IS Jesus! hahaha Holy crap, that was funny!
December 10th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
That’s hysterical! Who would have thought that an innocent lunch would be invaded so well.
December 10th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
hahaha! THAT is hilarious!! Loved the visuals!
December 10th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Santarchy?
Love it.
Anyone who makes up words is fine by me.
Especially if they stealthily follow crowds of Santas!
December 10th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
OMG THAT IS AMAZING!!
You’re hilarious
December 10th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
That is sooo crazy and cool. I wish I got to see that!
December 10th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
One of my friends mentioned that Seattle has something like this but I didn’t quite get what it is. Now I might have to check it out. That’s hilarious!
December 11th, 2007 at 8:44 am
Its an invasion! They are here to take over the world! ;)
I like the sign-”Santa=Satan”-made me laugh!
December 11th, 2007 at 8:44 am
Oh my! haha Great pics and comments :)
December 11th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
This was happening in Chicago too! On Saturday, we saw a mob of about 50 Santas walking down Michigan Ave. There were some “theme” Santas, too - the one I remember was “Bling” Santa - giant faux-gold crosses, bright purple hat…
December 11th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
I read this on saturday I think, but I haven’t had time to get over here to comment until now, and oh my god at the comments!
I was just going to say that you were incredibly lucky to have been at your spot to witness that. It looks like tons of fun.
December 11th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
can you tell all may days have run together, i thought i read it on saturday, it was just posted yesterday. sorry, ditzy moments are happening much more frequently for me lately
December 11th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
No way! Seriously. That is so much fun, bizarre, but fun! Did you really follow them around and take pictures? Fabulous.
P.S. Glad I found your blog.
December 17th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
This is the most bizarre thing I’ve seen on a blog in a long time. I can’t stop laughing. That last picture? Priceless.
December 20th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Damn I wish I lived closer to Pittsburgh!
December 22nd, 2007 at 12:48 am
Santarchy only comes once a year, but we do other things too, like have pillow fights in Schenley Park in the summer. Follow our blog for announcements about upcoming outings:
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/pghcacophony
Anyone is invited to get in on the action.