Halls were decked. Sugarplum fairies danced. Hutongs were ringing with merry voices of Santas singing. 200 Santas joined last Saturday for SantaCon. After a joyous reunion of Santas from Wudaokou and Sanlitun at Chill, Santas continued to spread cheer through Andingmen, Gulou and Houhai past midnight. We raised over 2350 RMB for Bethel China through [...]
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Santas from the East and West, suit up!
SantaCon will start at noon on Saturday, December 8th from the East and West: Brussels No. 4 Workers’ Stadium N. Rd / 工体北路4号 Opposite 1949 The Hidden City / 1949对面 South Sanlitun / 三里屯南 Tel: 65919525 | Maphttp://www.brussels-beijing.com Pyro Pizza Chengfu Rd, Hua Qing Jia Yuan Bldg 12, Floor B1 / 成府路, 华清嘉园12号楼B1层 Just southeast [...]
Santa gets charitable
Three days to go and you still don’t have a Santa suit. First don’t freak out. Second, Santa’s helpers will be selling a limited supply of Santa suits at starting locations for 50 RMB per suit. Proceeds will be donated to Bethel China, which provides care, education, life skills and livelihood opportunities to blind and [...]
Santa looks like Santa, which means…
…you should procure yourself a Santa suit. Pronto. Santa’s Rule Number 1: Santa looks like Santa. Holiday apparel is mandatory. A Santa hat is not enough. Get a Santa suit. Buy a Santa suit. Make a Santa suit. Get creative: be a Secret Santa, Tang Dynasty Emperor Santa, Panda Santa, Candy Cane, Christmas Tree, Reindeer, [...]
8th of December! Beijing ren, Santa is on his way.
Beijingers, have you been naughty or nice this year? You’ve a month to get on the Nice List before Santa visits Beijing on 8th of December, 2012. So stop shoving people out of the way when boarding the subway train and start spreading cheer because Santa is coming to town! Here’s a reminder of SantaCon [...]
Suit up! Starting locations
Let’s kick it. SantaCon will start at noon on Saturday, 10 December from the East and West: Bang! Bang! Pizza in Shuangjing Rm 103, Bldg 24, Hopson International Park apartments, Shuanghuayuan Nanli Area 3, Shuangjing, Chaoyang District North of Fulicheng; Northwest of the Renaissance Hotel; just up from the Huaxia Bank 朝阳区光华北一街, 合生国际公寓24号楼 富力城西北方, 华夏银行北边 [...]
So you still don’t have a Santa suit…
Don’t panic. Santa’s Rule Number 1: Santa looks like Santa. Holiday apparel is mandatory. A Santa hat is not enough. Get a Santa suit. Buy a Santa suit. Make a Santa suit. Get creative: be a Secret Santa, Tang Dynasty Emperor Santa, Panda Santa, Candy Cane, Christmas Tree, Reindeer, KTV Elf, a Chanukah Chicken. Where [...]
Santas, ho! 10th of December!
SantaCon 2011 will be coming to town on Saturday, 10th of December! Prepare yourself for a marathon of jolly fun from noon until late evening. What do Santas do on SantaCon? Santas roam around Beijing. Santas spread good cheer. Santas give gifts to good boys and girls. Santas let people sit on their laps. Santas [...]
Photos, video ho ho ho!
Santa promised this year would be an epic SantaCon and Santas delivered (in unexpected ways). Sounds of carols and cheerful Santas, both very young and old (er) rang from frozen Houhai to the clubs of Gongti for over 12 hours — a new Beijing SantaCon record! Special ho ho ho goes out to the naughty [...]
Tomorrow, noon — let the merriment begin!
SantaCon starts this Saturday at noon from two locations: Bang! Bang! Pizza in Shuangjing Rm 103, Bldg 24, Hopson International Park apartments, Shuanghuayuan Nanli Area 3, Shuangjing, Chaoyang District 光华北一街, 合生国际公寓24号楼 t: 136 0100 0343 Map Pyro Pizza in Wudaokou Basement, Building 12, Huaqing Jiayuan, Wudaokou, Haidian District 成府路, 华清嘉园12号楼B1层 t: 8286-6240 Website :: Map Click here [...]
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