Editing SantaCon (section)

{{Short description|Annual pub crawl}}
{{distinguish|SatanCon}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
[[File:Drinks (3106214344).jpg|thumb|In New York City, 2008]]
'''SantaCon''' is an annual [[pub crawl]]<ref name="CBSNY – 12-13">{{cite news|title=Santas Swarm Midtown For Annual SantaCon Pub Crawl|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/12/13/santas-to-swarm-midtown-for-annual-santacon-pub-crawl/|access-date=14 December 2014|work=CBSNew York|date=13 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Vancouver" /><ref name="Voice – 2014" /> in which people dressed in [[Santa Claus]] costumes or as other Christmas characters parade in hundreds of cities around the world.<ref name="abc">{{cite web|last=Donaldson James|first=Susan|title=Santa Con: Kringle Chaos is Coming to Town|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/santacon-means-cheap-santa-suits-christmas-cheer-holiday/story?id=9302255|publisher=ABC News|location=United States|access-date=18 December 2011|date=11 December 2009}}</ref> The event has sometimes been characterized by drunken behavior, sparking community resistance.<ref name="Voice – 2014" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="Gothamist – Espinal – 18 Nov" />