Single men in Tokyo stage anti-Xmas rally

TOKYO, Dec 19, (AFP): AntiChristmas protesters calling themselves “Losers with Women” marched through Tokyo’s streets Saturday, bashing the upcoming holiday as a capitalist ploy that also discriminates against singletons.

The group of about 20 — part of the Communist-inspired group that routinely protests Western holidays — marched under angry banners that read “Smash Christmas!” in Tokyo’s Shibuya district, where couples and families strolled for holiday shopping.

The scrooges — mostly single men — said they were against capitalism and were opposed to the commercialisation of Christmas.