In New Zealand, a gang of drunken Santas caused chaos in a cinema at the weekend, barging customers, damaging property and swearing. At least 50 of them entered through the main door, kicking things over, ripping down posters and smashing everything in sight. They shouted Ho f****ng Ho as they made their way through the foyer, eventually leaving the building from one of the cinemas, thereby triggering a fire alarm.

The cinema manager is quoted as asking "How often do a bunch of Santas just go and wreak havoc?"

Well the answer to that one is obvious - not very often, after all Santa knows better than anybody that the badly behaved get a sack of coal instead of presents.

Pretty stupid getting that drunk just before his biggest night of the year too.

Stuff.co.nz