SantaCon2K16 Is Ho-Ho-Happening Now

Published December 10, 2016

Modified December 10, 2016

🎅🏼 #SantaCon2016 #santaconnyc #santacon pic.twitter.com/KQ24AtggDM
— donna ferrari (@donna_ferrari) December 10, 2016

Well, you might not have wanted it, hell you may have even been out there putting up flyers about it getting canceled, but SantaCon 2016 is here and it won't go away until the crimson-clad binge drinkers have decided they've puked enough cheap beer on each other's shoes. How are things going out there so far?

They came by Metro-North, some singing chaotically and others stopping for Shake Shack:

When you're just trying to take the train to the city and you run into a #SantaCon group pic.twitter.com/FyO9FgWPK4
— John Jackson (@John97Jackson) December 10, 2016

A gaggle of Santa's singing carols on the train. #santacon #nyc #train #christmas
A photo posted by LoriMV (@franky220_247) on Dec 10, 2016 at 8:13am PST

Santas, looking in fine form. Arriving by sleigh, Uber, MetroNorth. #santaconnyc #grandcentral
A photo posted by Patricia Kitchen (@patriciakitchen) on Dec 10, 2016 at 8:13am PST

#SantaCon today in #NYC so much fun! pic.twitter.com/21XtarmrYH
— Mrs. Lo (@LoBiondoPage) December 10, 2016

They came by ferry:

Santos's on the Staten Island Ferry. #santaclaus #santa #santacon #statenislandferry #statenisland #silive #nyc #holidayseason #holidayseasonishere
A photo posted by Bill Lyons (@lyons.bill) on Dec 10, 2016 at 8:21am PST

Ready for Santacon. #santacon #santa #santaclaus #statenislandferry #statenisland #nyc #silive
A photo posted by Bill Lyons (@lyons.bill) on Dec 10, 2016 at 8:29am PST

They came by LIRR and tromped through Penn Station:

"I'm just trying not to get black out this year!"

*takes sip of Natty Daddy at 11 a.m.

- Girl on LIRR train #SantaCon2016
— ⚡️Chris Barnes⚡️ (@ChrisBarnes1994) December 10, 2016

Son coming for a visit but there are Santas everywhere! #Santacon #2016 #nyc #naughty #bad #santa #weekend #visit #christmas #yule #xmas
A photo posted by @reikidancelady on Dec 10, 2016 at 8:26am PST

Some of them are spreading cheer on the subway, and also cheering on people running to their trains:

I always forget it's this day until it's this day (thank you #santacon santas who held the subway door for us) identity obscured by Prisma pic.twitter.com/Hu3EmCupgV
— kaceyanisa (@kaceyanisa) December 10, 2016

#SantaCon2016 brightens a bad delay due to #SignalProblems on NWRQ lines @NYCTSubway @EvilKernevil pic.twitter.com/8WicFNOOKq
— (((Adrian Benepe))) (@Adrian_Benepe) December 10, 2016

To the mob of drunk Santas cheering me on at 31st and 7th; yes, I made the 1022 train. This fat guy runs faster than you thought #santacon
— Googuls (@Googuls) December 10, 2016

A number of them gathered in Midtown to kick things off:

#santacon
A photo posted by William NY (@william987431) on Dec 10, 2016 at 7:59am PST

NYC at its finest 🎅 #santacon
A photo posted by Sidney Kanell (@shkanell) on Dec 10, 2016 at 8:04am PST

Www.BGmarineUSA.com #santaconnyc #santacon #santacon2016 #santaconnyc2016
A photo posted by BG Marine Services, LLC (@bgmarine) on Dec 10, 2016 at 8:21am PST

So many Santas 😩 #Santacon pic.twitter.com/hztudkPXjc
— Petty Mayonnaise. (@NuuYawkerr) December 10, 2016

Will the real #SantaClaus step forward #santacon pic.twitter.com/U9aaCN8ojk
— Karl McKeever (@karlmckeever) December 10, 2016

#SantaCon2016 they look so thrilled. pic.twitter.com/vswgZVXAFo
— Nathan Poekert (@natepoekert) December 10, 2016

Les vrais père et mère Noël incognito à la #ConventionDesPèreNoël à #New York 😉 #SantaCon @BFMTV pic.twitter.com/gXuEgEKJO3
— Cédric Faiche (@cedricfaiche) December 10, 2016

They're gathering on rooftops and loitering in front of liquor stores:

Santas pre-gaming on a NYC rooftop #santacon pic.twitter.com/OPeCburzOf
— idiotwind (@idiotwind82) December 10, 2016

more Santas have arrived #santacon
A photo posted by Richard Spatafora (@spatafora) on Dec 10, 2016 at 9:39am PST

A meeting at the fort in case someone gets separated.1,2,3 BREAK!🎅🏾 #santacon#errywhere#it's11:05am
A photo posted by Danny Suggs (@dannysuggs) on Dec 10, 2016 at 8:19am PST

Not everyone is happy to see them, including two "SantaCon Is Cancelled" protesters showed up, did some yelling and were then arrested:

OKAY BUT I AM TRAUMATIZED I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS STUPID WHITE DUDE HOLIDAY #SantaCon2016 pic.twitter.com/3uhuvpjc8x
— rachel leishman (@RachelLeishman) December 10, 2016

Oh No! Is this today? Ugh. It's like all of the worst people are identifying themselves. #SantaCon2016 pic.twitter.com/e3o9pHI62w
— Scott Rubin (@scottrubinre) December 10, 2016

Video of the protesters before they were arrested #SantaCon2016 #nbc4ny @nbcnewyork pic.twitter.com/zXqNgJYvWm
— Rana Novini (@Rana4NY) December 10, 2016