In Scrooge Move, NYPD Doesn't Want Bars to Serve SantaCon This Year

Every year, in more than 250 cities across the world, thousands of people descend on the streets of their cities in Christmas-inspired costumes. Most are dressed as Santa Claus; others as elves. The swarm then proceeds to crawl from bar to bar, binge drinking for hours, in an all-day procession called SantaCon.

This year's SantaCon, on Dec. 14, should be no different. But the New York Police Department has had enough

The NYPD is warning bar owners in certain neighborhoods that many drunken and disorderly Santas will take over their bars and sidewalks on Dec. 14 — and is encouraging the owners not to let them in Read more...