There may just be another day that rivals
Marathon Monday--NYC SANTACON. According to the
official NYC SantaCon website, "Santacon is a non-denominational, non-commercial, non-political, non-sensical Santa Claus convention that occurs once a year for absolutely no reason."
That's a good enough reason for me to participate! Full Santa suits were apparently sold out at Ricky's and the Union Square costume shop so I settled with just a Santa hat and some festive red jeans. The weather was perfect, 40s and sunny, and we started off in the East Village at The 13th Step.
I knew from last year, that Santacon would be crazy but I didn't realize how absolutely bizarre drinking at 11 in the morning with a bunch of drunk Santas, slutty elves, Grinches, reindeers, walking presents and Christmas trees would be.
The best part of Santacon is when the final location is revealed and everyone in all the different Santacon starting points meet up for a giant, public Santa party. This year the insanity happened at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, so uptown on the 6 train we go! Santacon is more than just a day of drunken camaraderie for the big man of Christmas but a day of giving (can food donations are encouraged), spreading holiday spirit and just simple good-humored fun.
The after party, which started at 3pm, was in the West Village but by then I had to head home for a nap and prepare for the 10 course Chinese wedding banquet meal for Amber & PJ. I had an awesome time roaming the city yesterday, and will definitely be doing it again next year! In the words of my Jewish friend Noah, "Ho Ho Ho, Bitches."
In the 9th photo down, is that a Santa Ahmadinejad? Odd.
ReplyDeleteThat indeed is the Iranian President. At one point someone deflated his head.
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