Many years ago I heard a reading of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” read in a threatening tone as if by a gangster. I have been unsuccessfully trying to find that – anyone here ever heard it?
Zagmuk, which literally means “beginning of the year”, is a Mesopotamian festival celebrating the New Year. The feast fell in March or April1 and lasted about 12 days.2 It celebrates the triumph of Marduk, the patron deity of Babylon, over the forces of Chaos, symbolized in later times by Tiamat. The battle between Marduk and Chaos lasts 12 days, as does the festival of Zagmuk. In Uruk the festival was associated with the god An, the Sumerian god of the night sky. Both are essentially equivalent in all respects to the Akkadian “Akitu” festival. In some variations, Marduk is slain by Tiamat and resurrected on the vernal equinox.3 Wikipedia::https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagmuk
dadoctah almost 7 years ago
Didn’t Letterman do something like this once? How many guys in Santa suits can you get into a bar?
Superfrog almost 7 years ago
They know which bars are naughty and which are nice.
gmartin997 almost 7 years ago
Why? Little kids aren’t allowed in the bar, and you already know about Santa.
tripwire45 almost 7 years ago
Actually, I think it would be funny.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member almost 7 years ago
I always loved the santas in the bar on Married With Children, LOL!
Linguist almost 7 years ago
That’s the problem with being Santa. You can’t sneak away for a quiet drink someplace, without being recognized.
sandpiper almost 7 years ago
and in some cases, chastised by the far right . . . er . . . or is that far left. Oh well, guess it depends how many you’ve had.
Rostaman21 almost 7 years ago
Maybe they could write that Claus into their contract.
Ignatz Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Where is Art Carney?
rdav1248961 Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Reminds me of Santa Con.
sarah413 Premium Member almost 7 years ago
The key word in all of this is “stagger.”
For a Just and Peaceful World almost 7 years ago
There are still malls?
dukedoug almost 7 years ago
It’s not just Rudolph that will have a red nose.
wirepunchr almost 7 years ago
They would still stagger back to the job.
loveabulldesign almost 7 years ago
This is a pretty white Christmas scene….
Ermine Notyours almost 7 years ago
Someone also needs to figure out how to stagger American Airlines pilot vacation times.
paullp Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Are they allowed to drink or even being seen in a pub while in uniform? Many organizations whose members wear uniforms prohibit those things.
David Rickard Premium Member almost 7 years ago
It’s a Yule tide!
JudyAz almost 7 years ago
Many years ago I heard a reading of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” read in a threatening tone as if by a gangster. I have been unsuccessfully trying to find that – anyone here ever heard it?
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 7 years ago
Zagmuk, which literally means “beginning of the year”, is a Mesopotamian festival celebrating the New Year. The feast fell in March or April1 and lasted about 12 days.2 It celebrates the triumph of Marduk, the patron deity of Babylon, over the forces of Chaos, symbolized in later times by Tiamat. The battle between Marduk and Chaos lasts 12 days, as does the festival of Zagmuk. In Uruk the festival was associated with the god An, the Sumerian god of the night sky. Both are essentially equivalent in all respects to the Akkadian “Akitu” festival. In some variations, Marduk is slain by Tiamat and resurrected on the vernal equinox.3 Wikipedia::https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagmuk
Caribena almost 7 years ago
There are 11 malls nearby?
William Bednar Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Attack of the “Santa Clones”?
johnec almost 7 years ago
All those Santas and no helpers?! – are the elves all down at the “alternative” bar?
mark.rawlins almost 7 years ago
Hey can anyone send me the big sigh little sigh one of these? Few years old…
Kind&Kinder almost 7 years ago
A phalanx of pissed-on Santas. Every bar’s wet dream!
pantograph almost 7 years ago
It’s hard being St. Nick these days without the cigarette ad revenue.
bsands3 almost 7 years ago
They sure look grumpy.