Yesterday afternoon, I attempted to get on the 1 train at the exact same time as the participants of Santacon. For those that don't know, it's an annual event where hundreds of people gather and go bar hopping while dressed as Santa. So the platform in Times Square for the 123 train was crazy packed with drunk Santas caroling, screaming "Go Santa Go!" I wish I had my camera with me, but I didn't so all I could capture are these bad cell phone pics. The cutest thing occurred when this little girl with her mother and grandmother starting jumping for joy and yelling "yayyyy!!" when she saw all these Santas. Very adorable scene.
As I rode the subway surrounded by all these Santas, these were the things I heard from Santacon participants:
"Santa is wayyy too fucking sober right now. Santa needs a drink. Badly."
This comment led to the Santas chanting in unison, "Santa needs a liquor store, Santa needs a liquor store!"
You can view more Santacon pictures taken by others on Flickr.