Hoboken's annual all-day SantaCon took place on Saturday, attracting the usual red-white-and-raucous, and creatively costumed crowd.
HOBOKEN -- Hoboken's SantaCon 2015 attracted the usual red-white-and-raucous, creatively costumed crowd looking for a good time at the bars on Saturday.
Online tickets for the event, which organizers promised would be "bigger, longer and more fun" than last year's, were sold out on EventBrite by Thursday, organizers said -- and the event was so popular that by 2 p.m., bars were nearing capacity.
Online tix r gone like the [?] of Christmas past but u can still jingle all the way to #santacon! Stop by Little Town Social tmrw to purchase
-- Hoboken SantaCon (@SantaconHoboken) December 17, 2015
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Dozens of Santas, Mrs. Clauses, reindeers, and elves could be seen walking the streets of Hoboken, starting around 11 a.m. But there were also some ugly holiday sweaters, holiday onesie-wearers, and men in holiday-themed suits.
The 21-and-over bar crawl event, which cost about $30 per person, was slated to run until 11 p.m., with drink specials (like $3 beers, $4 mixers and $4 shots) offered to wristband-wearing event-goers at more than 20 Hoboken bars, according to organizers.
Several restaurants also offered food discounts, advertised on sidewalk signs.
However, not everyone was happy about the drunk merriment, and some took to Twitter to complain.
Nothing like being on the same train as a bunch of belligerently drunk people headed to Hoboken. #getmeoffthistrain #SantaCon
-- Emily Kline (@emilyk_line) December 19, 2015
Working in Hoboken during santacon. Am I in hell? Lol
-- kri[u]sty (@kritisysm) December 19, 2015
Notably, half of this year's event proceeds will be donated to the Boys and Girls Club of Hudson County this year, the SantaCon team said, and the money will go towards helping their "charter schools, transportation (getting them buses for after-school transit), enrichment programs and more..."
Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree [?] pic.twitter.com/q5z8A8fITX
-- Hoboken SantaCon (@SantaconHoboken) December 19, 2015
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