Merry Christmas Eve

I don’t know if any of your saw the sliver of Santa hat on yesterday’s post. But here is the meet and potatoes of the event.

Sir Luke and I went to document the Las Vegas Santa Run 2008 on December 6th. It cost $35 to enter (you got an entire Santa suit with admission) so we didn’t actually run. But filming and photographing was really fantastic. At one point I actually thought I might die in a sea of Santas.

We parked and entered at the Plaza (read some of the reviews, they’re amusing) down on Fremont Street. It’s probably the most old school hotel I’ve been to, a little on the filth side. We passed an award ceremony for Judo on the way through. Once we reached the admission table the red never ceased. Sigfried and Roy started off the race sitting atop a convertible and waving to a few people that were there to see them. It was one of the most fun things I’ve done this Christmas season. There were over 6,000 Santas in attendance. I would recommend it to anyone. There was a surprising amount of alcohol given the time of day. But then again, it is Vegas.

I think I’m going to try and run next year.

Get ready for a photo mother load, here it comes.