Raging Santas: an unholy Christmas tradition we should all buy into | Jack Bernhardt

Like the St Ives Santa who ripped off his beard and ranted at his young visitors, let’s celebrate our feral sides this festive season

Christmas traditions are weird. We all drink mulled wine, even though it’s just microwaved Lidl shiraz with some cumin dropped in; we all eat turkey, even though it’s just a big dry dinosaur chicken; and we all watch the Queen’s speech, even though it’s just Charlie Brooker’s Wipe of the Year without any of the jokes. I mean, it’s fine, but if the Queen was really good, the BBC would have given her a series now instead of 66 consecutive Christmas specials.

It’s clear we need some new festive traditions that sum up Christmas in 21st-century Britain. Last Sunday in a conference centre in St Ives, Cambridgeshire, a magical Christmas moment took place – one that was so special that it really should be commemorated every single year. I’m talking, of course, about Raging Santa.

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