Drunken Santas Riot In New Zealand Movie Theatre

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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.'' ...

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