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“SantaCon is an annual event in which people dressed in Santa Claus costumes engage in bar crawls. It is also known as Santarchy, Santa Rampage, the Red Menace and Santapalooza. It originated in San Francisco in 1994 and has since spread to cities around the world, and now takes place in 300 cities in 44 countries, including New York City. London, Belfast and Moscow. The New York SantaCon is the largest, with an estimated 30,000 people participating in 2012”.
Snow falls as revelers dressed as Santa Claus walk in Manhattan during the annual SantaCon bar crawl event on December 14, 2013 in New York City.
Dave Ruiz and Cody Sienkiewicz, who came from Long Island and Massachusetts respectively, look to join up with the crowd for SantaCon 2013 in the East Village neighborhood of New York. The costumed pub crawl has garnered a reputation as a hard-drinking and exceedingly chaotic affair.
In this December 15, 2012 file photo, revellers dressed up in Santa outfits travel on a bus in London during a SantaCon festival parade through the streets of London.
n this December 15, 2012 file photo, revellers dressed up in Santa gather at Trafalgar Square in London during a SantaCon festival in London. SantaCon events unfold in more than 300 cities worldwide and the New York celebration is one of the biggest, but complaints about boorish, bar-hopping St. Nicks at previous SantaCons got attention from local officials and the NYPD.
Runners gather at the start line for the annual “Santa Speedo Run”, a charity race through the streets of the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston.
Christmas spirit at Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan as Suzi Hoops joins Santa's of all kind gather on this snowy day, December 12th, 2013.
Revelers dressed as Santa Claus run as they arrive at Tompkins Square Park to take part in the annual SantaCon bar crawl in New York City.
Matt (L), and Heather (R), form Hoboken, NJ celebrates SantaCon day in Brooklyn on Saturday, December 14, 2013. Also New Yorkers dressed as Santa Claus during the annual SantaCon event in Brooklyn.
SantaCon 2013 participants jump rope at Tompkins Square Park in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York.
Snow falls as revelers dressed as elves pose for a picture at Tompkins Square Park in New York City.
A couple dressed as Santa Claus run carrying a baby during a Marathon in Madrid. Around 6,000 people dressed as Santa Claus and his elves ran a “mini-marathon” through the streets to promote festive cheer as the country tries to emerge from a two-year recession. The race was organized by one of Spain’s leading department stores and it contributed 1 euro for each entrant to a charity that buys Christmas presents for deprived children around the world.
Participants in the annual “Santa Speedo Run” dash through the streets of the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston.
A tuba-playing Santa Claus joins holiday revelers as they participate in the Santarchy mass gathering on the steps of the National Museum of Natural History in Washington. Organizers call the event, which they say attracts thousands of Santas in cities around the U.S., a “non-profit, non-political, non-religious and non-sensical celebration of holiday cheer, goodwill and fun”.
SantaCon 2013 participants line up to get into Doc Holliday's, a bar in the East Village neighborhood of New York
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