"Alien" figure of Santa Claus encroaching on Czech traditions, says anti-Santa campaign - 05-12-2006 - Radio Prague
With Christmas fast approaching, the figure of Santa Claus is to be seen all over the place in the Czech Republic - in decorations, on shopping bags and in store windows. But Santa is a relatively new phenomenon in this country. A similar figure, Mikulas (St Nicholas), visits children on December 5, while presents are delivered on December 24 by Ježíšek, the Baby Jesus. Some Czechs resent the omnipresence of Santa Claus, among them the Creative Copywriters Club; they have set up a website with a simple message: Santa go home! I spoke to the group's David Konig at a Prague shopping mall.

Radio Prague interviewed one of the people behind the Santa Go Home campaign I wrote about a few days ago.