Drunken Santas vs Godzilla!

[Tuckerfan]

Who says there’s no news this time of year?

Santas show what “naughty” really means!

More than 30 drunks dressed in Santa Claus costumes rampaged through the New Zealand city of Christchurch at the weekend, ripping down posters and scaring patrons in a movie theater.

The Santas ran screaming and cursing into the Hoyts Cinemas Group building in central Christchurch on Dec. 22, many carrying beer bottles, Derek Rive, the Moorhouse Avenue cinema’s manager, said by telephone.

They ran right past and into one of the theaters that had a movie in session and then started knocking down movie posters and then our Christmas tree,'' Rive said from the South Island city. Then they set off the fire alarm, which just stopped everything. They’re a bunch of hooligans.‘’

Japanese official promises to send out the army if Godzilla shows up.

A debate over flying saucers has kept Japanese politicians occupied for much of this week, ensnaring top officials and drawing a promise from the defense minister to send out the army if Godzilla goes on a rampage.

“There are debates over what makes UFOs fly, but it would be difficult to say it’s an encroachment of air space,” Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba told a news conference Thursday.

“If Godzilla were to show up, it would be a dispatch for disaster relief.”

[Terrorcotta]

So the movies are all real life depictions of the Japanese emergency response systems? Good to know!

But what made the drunken Santas rage?

[Contrapuntal]

@Terrorcotta

But what made the drunken Santas rage?

Police said the drunken crowd may have been local students, the Press newspaper reported.

The incident may have been inspired by the so-called Santarchy movement based in North America in which Santas rampage through cities such as Los Angeles and Montreal during November and December. Santarchy has been running for 14 years, according to its Web site.

Santarchy.