SantaCon’s Anarchist Roots
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It’s time for mistletoe, holly, and the anarchist origin story of everyone’s (least?) favorite Christmas tradition: SantaCon! Nowadays it’s associated with drunken pub crawls, but it started with an art collective sending a message about the capitalist spirit of Christmas. Loey and Eleanor unwrap how an irreverent idea snowballed into the chaos it is today (and spoiler: Santa ends up on the naughty list).
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