Better Watch Out: Thousands of naughty Santas headed for NYC on Saturday
Brace yourself: Santacon – an event where thousands of tipsy, fully-costumed Santas throng the streets – is hitting the city this Saturday, December 15.
Part pub crawl, part charity event and all nonsense, Santacon (also spelled SantaCon) originated in Brooklyn in 1998 and has grown since then to epic proportions.
Santacon 2012’s organizers say that last year’s crowds were so frightfully huge– roughly 20,00 Santas, sugar plum fairies and assorted reindeer– that Santacon 2011 “resulted in overcrowding, traffic problems, trash problems, and traumatized New Yorkers.”