🎅🏼 #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
#SantaCon today in #NYC so much fun! pic.twitter.com/21XtarmrYH
— Mrs. Lo (@LoBiondoPage) December 10, 2016
They came by ferry:
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
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:
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
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
2 men protesting #Santacon arrested #nyc #nbc4ny @nbcnewyork pic.twitter.com/IJJSh08YLk
— Rana Novini (@Rana4NY) December 10, 2016
It's also happening in merry old Londontown, where the Santas are just pissing in public in groups: