Christmas in July Conspiracy
Santa Claus Congress celebrates 50 years anniversary in the middle of the summer. What are they up to?
”Ho-Ho-Ho!” It’s in the middle of July, and the temperature is 77 degrees Fahrenheit, yet the laughter of Santa Claus resounds over hundreds of children and adults. Allthingschristmas.com has visited the World Santa Claus Congress that takes place each year in the old amusement park Bakken in Denmark.
Besides Christmas itself, this is their most important event and the only time they can meet to discuss important issues such as better rooftop parking conditions and standards of chimney-cleaning. And of course they have to fix the date for Christmas Eve.
The congress is a proud tradition that makes Santas from the whole world gather, and this year they are celebrating the 50 years anniversary. Allthingschristmas.com meets them in their grand parade through the Danish amusement park.
In front, the largest Santa Claus walks with a huge crown on his head. Just behind him there is a large horn orchestra of Santas Clauses followed by a lot of smaller Santas with their helpers. Small signs show from which part of the world they are coming from. There are Santas from Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany and even Japan and Australia. Especially the last two countries are far from the coldness of the North Pole, but this doesn’t disturb the Australian Santa, David Downey.
“Santa Claus belongs to all cultures, so there is no problem in Santa coming from Australia. I have a secret identity as Santa in December, and in the summer I participate in the congresses,” says David Downey while he greets the children around him.
Click on the link above, but be prepared, there is more there than you can handle during Christmas in July. This will be a long term exploration and delight for me.Posted by printersdevil at 7:50 PM
According to the weblog, there is a 2009 tour across the US with stops planned in major cities and it is linked to raising money for juvenile diabetes. Caution: I have NOT checked this out. Please do not click and send money or sign up for things without investigating this thoroughly. I am going to try to check this out, but in the meantime, the site has a marvelous wealth of Santa and Christmas information.
It shows that the fun starts on July 10 at 10:30 a.m. I will be checking back to see what all this is about.
