Bunchland

Santacon was invented so that crowds of grownups could dress up in Santa outfits and run wild through the streets, hooting and hollering and carrying on. And we’re 100 per cent behind the idea. Why should kids get to call dibs on getting excited around the holidays? Locate a Santacon happening in your city, and if you participate, take pictures and/or videos and send them in, would you?

This Postcards from Bunchland comes from Steve Rhodes via Flickr. Also, pretty sure that drink container is filled with water. Or at least that’s what we’re telling ourselves.

Do you have a Postcard from Bunchland? Send photos of family fun to your online editors amanda@bunchfamily.ca or meghan@bunchfamily.ca, or join our Flickr group.

What we’re reading on the blogs and such today:

It’s World AIDS Day. Mashable reports that you won’t be able to enjoy your favourite celebrity’s twitticisms today as they’re cutting out the social media, hoping their silence will prompt fans to raise $1, 000 000 for AIDS charities. Our favourite AIDS charity? Stephen Lewis Foundation, of course.  Have you given to our Dare to Drum campaign?

It’s also the first day of Hanukkah. And apparently cover artists of the Hebrew orientation love Taio Cruz’ “Dynamite.” Check out the Borenstein Boyz’ “Oy So Amazing.” (Via Heeb Magazine) But the version we’ve played in the Bunch office going on three times now ? “Candlelight” by the Maccabeats. Enjoy in all its glory:

It’s also the first day of Advent, the official countdown to Christmas. Flavorpill, which knows everything cool, wants you to know that if you’re in San Francisco and feeling flash mob-y, join SantaCon 2010.  Read more...