Santacon NYC 2014

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/12/santacon-2014-midtown-.html?mid=google&google_editors_picks=true

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A gaggle of press gathers in Times Square a little after 9 a.m. for the first-ever Santacon press conference, which is being held to address a growing sentiment there are too many peeing, puking, and sexually explicit Santas in New York at the annual December event. Organizers are ready to put a good face, or at least beard, on this thing.

“We are all Santa today, even the elves,” says a man who asks I call him Santa. He’s wearing an ash-colored beard and carrying a cane shaped like a camel leg and toe. (For clarity, we’ll call him Santa One.) He insists despite the bad press, Santacon is still about culture jamming the Christmas season. “When a beautiful family friendly holiday turns into running each other over on Black Friday, it is time to make some fun of it,” he says.
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