{"id":105,"date":"2011-12-23T02:02:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T02:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/?p=105"},"modified":"2011-12-23T02:02:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T02:02:35","slug":"aucklands-giant-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/talking\/funny-things-nz\/aucklands-giant-santa.html","title":{"rendered":"Auckland’s Giant Santa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auckland’s Santa deemed world’s creepiest.
\nThe 20 metre Santa, which used to feature a winking eye and beckoning finger, has been a feature of Auckland Christmases since it first appeared in downtown Auckland in 1960.
\nWebsite cracked.com today told the rest of the world what many Aucklanders already knew: The giant Santa is creepy.<\/p>\n

It beat out a “Godzilla Santa” perched atop a Dallas store and several unsettling dolls and decorations to claim its place as the most unintentionally creepy Christmas ornament in the world.<\/p>\n

The website called the giant Santa – which stands over the Whitcoulls store on Queen St – “tragically disfigured” and cited its moving finger as a leading cause behind its ranking.<\/p>\n

It said the Santa’s 2009 makeover, which removed moving parts and remodelled facial features, was to address its off-the-charts creepiness.<\/p>\n

“Unsurprisingly, residents of Auckland were uncomfortable with being beckoned to by something that looks like it wants your attention so it can ask if you’re comfortable with being followed home.”
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– HERALD ONLINE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Auckland’s Santa deemed world’s creepiest. The 20 metre Santa, which used to feature a winking eye and beckoning finger, has been a feature of Auckland Christmases since it first appeared in downtown Auckland in 1960. Website cracked.com today told the rest of the world what many Aucklanders already knew: The giant Santa is creepy. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[70],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny-things-nz","tag-auckland-santa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.notebookbattery.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}