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The 6 Best Worst Videos Of Drunk & Rowdy Santas At SantaCon
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John Del Signore
Published Nov 27, 2013
Modified Nov 27, 2013
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SantaCon is just around the corner, no matter what the NYPD or elected officials do to try and stop it. On December 14th, our fair city will be besieged by sodden Santas spraying festive bodily fluids and fratastic vulgarity in all directions. Your best bet, should you absolutely need to venture into downtown Manhattan that night, is to arm yourself with a cattle prod and a flame thrower. Don't believe us? Here, pull up a chair:
And here's a classic from last year, showing New York's Most Entitled Santa at his best:
More Santas fighting, giving us flashbacks to Altamont:
Here's Santa climbing the Washington Square Park Christmas tree to bring presents to all the boys and girls:
Not the subway. Please don't make us ride the subway:
Ha ha we're so CRAAAZY!
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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