Dawg, who punched Santa Claus?
Urban legends got a hell of a way of developing over time. Eagles fans 50 years ago threw some snowballs at a drunk guy in a Santa suit and all of a sudden some dude in Europe is talking about Santa getting punched.
You're right. They never punched Santa. But they did punch police horses. They also somehow managed to transition from throwing snowballs to throwing batteries, cheesesteaks, iceballs and full beer cans at real people. Not to mention intentionally vomiting on an 11-year old girl, beating up a mascot, cheering a career ending spinal injury, and booing Santa on multiple occasions.
So yeah. The throwing snowballs at Santa may get a little blown out of proportion. But the reputation is earned and well deserved. Brotherly love, amirite?
All that said, I'm still team Gritty on this one. Highly doubt this actually happened. And if it did, there's way more to the story (similar to the context of the snowballs at Santa story) that we haven't heard yet.