Words and Photos By Ashley Harrell (Click here for a full Santacon 2008 slideshow.)
Saturday was a pretty average day -- if a little cold -- until the chanting started. Listening through an open window in my North Beach apartment, I couldn't quite make out the words. So I headed toward Washington Square Park to see what all the commotion was about, and everything became clear.
They were chanting "Ho, ho, ho! Ho, ho, ho!" and by they, I mean about 200 people dressed i
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Spotted: Strolling in Washington Square ParkVital Statistics: Thom McClusky, retired, lives right by the Transamerica Pyramid.When: May 6 1978, the night before my niece's wedding.What: It's hard to tell now, but if you look at this half, it's a crescent moon. There's the eye, the nose the mouth and the beard. One half is a centaur, because I'm a Sagittarius. It's coming from behind the moon.