CAMPAIGN FOR REAL SANTAS
Organised by the Beard Liberation Front
20th December
Contact Keith Flett @keithbeard.bksy.social
Campaign for Real Santas says banning fake Santa beards is authoritarian overreach
The Campaign for Real Santas, which promotes Santas with genuine organic beards, has said its 2025 initiative to promote real Santas with genuine beards by warning people to be aware of absurd false bearded Santas is in its busiest and final pre-Christmas weekend.
2025 has seen some controversy over Santas with fake beards. There have been instances of police arresting Santas with fake beards even though this is not an offence. There have also been reports of stewards at a Northampton v AFC Wimbledon game on 19th December ordering Santas with fake beards to remove them.
The Campaigners say that with unemployment and under-employment amongst mature men over 50, there is absolutely no reason for anyone to use an assistant Santa who does not have a real beard.
At the same time the Campaign is also keen to encourage more female Santas with organic knitted beards.
Campaigners are urging parents and children to demand that Santas vigorously tug their beards as a definitive test as to whether they are in the presence of a real Santa or not.
CFRS organiser Keith Flett said, our task of exposing false bearded Santas is more important than ever. However campaigning for Santas with real beards does not mean we support the arrest of Santas with fake beards or demands that they be forcibly removed. That is an authoritarian over reach. Confiscating false beards may be understandable depending on the specific context however but we would this would be an exceptional occurrence.
THREE STEPS TO SPOT A GENUINE SANTA
1 Ask the Santa to tug their beard. If it comes away, then the Santa is FAKE
2 If the beard remains intact ask the Santa to tug their beard again. If the Santa swears then they are genuine. If they simply repeat a ‘ho ho ho’ mantra they are FAKE
3 The Campaign for Real Santas says that genuine Santas must have just the right mix of bonhomie and grumpiness and a real organic beard.
Notes
The Organic Santa of 2025 vote concluded on 18th December with Michael Rosen and Zack Polanski sharing the annual accolade
The Campaign for Real Santas is organised by the Beard Liberation Front
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