SANTACON NYC will be back to Midtown this year on Saturday December 14th 2024

NEW YORK - Nov. 1, 2024 - PRLog -- A letter from Santa,

This year, Santa invites all his Elves to help out locally! Partnering with The Secret Sandy Claus Project (http://www.sscpny.org/) Santacon will deploy Santas and Elves with a bag of toys. SIGN UP AT BIT.LY/SANTACONGIVESBACK BEFORE DECEMBER 14TH!

Santa is working more closely than ever before with the New York Police Department to ensure that the event remains enjoyable and safe for locals and Santas alike. Like other events, including the treasured West Village Halloween Parade, Santacon has grown from a loosely organized event into a cherished end of the year celebration. Santa states that there is no place for inappropriate behavior at our event.  Public drunkenness, urination or rude behavior is not only prohibited by the rules of the event, but actively discouraged by the crowds of Santa's themselves, who are for the most part, responsible, creative community-minded New Yorkers.  NYC Santa realizes that he has a responsibility to New York City and its citizens. Heck, Santa Loves NYC. Santacon has spread joy and generated money for local businesses and charities since it began its charitable mission in 2012.

Since 2012, Santacon.nyc transitioned to a 501c3 Not for Profit, and the event has raised funds and awareness for dozens of local charities including, City Harvest, The Ali Forney Center, The Secret Sandy Claus Project, Neighbors Together, Dance Parade New York and Materials for the Arts to name just a few of our charitable causes. Santa's elves worked hand-in-hand with these organizations to benefit those in need.

Santacon began in 1994 as San Francisco's Santarchy, a culture-jamming event created by the Cacophony Society to point out the absurdity of America's consumerist holiday traditions. Over the past 24 years, it's grown to an annual tradition in its own right. You can learn the full history, the ethos, the list of rules and see stories and pictures at santarchy.com. Although NYC hosts the largest existing Santacon (santacon.nyc), it is one of over 300 similar events that will take place in over 40 countries around the world this holiday season. The Santas and Elves who organize NYC Santacon oversee a website, Twitter feed, organize a route, reach out to local venues, and encourage participants to come fully costumed and share the holiday joy! Its enormous popularity shows that it is responding to a strong cultural desire to poke fun at traditional holiday tropes, as well as get together with friends, dress creatively, and interact, participate and celebrate with friends and strangers alike. This, above all, is the purpose of the holidays and the purpose of Santacon.

Mistletoe & Merriment,

Santa