Father Christmas, elves and costumed merrymakers flood streets for SantaCon 2013

Revelers dressed as Santa Claus pose for a picture at Tompkins Square Park to take part during the annual SantaCon bar crawl event on December 14, 2013 in New York City. The SantaCon annual event occurs worldwide in more than 300 cities in 44 countries. In New York some community groups have established a ‘Santa Free’ zone that urges bars not to serve alcoholic beverages to people participating in order to dissuade incidents of public vomiting and urination in the streets. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Revellers dressed as Santa Claus pose for a picture at a park during the SantaCon event in New York December 14, 2013. Every year since 1997, thousands of men and women have dressed up as Santas, elves, reindeer or some other holiday confection and descended on the city’s streets for a daylong bar crawl that begins with good cheer and, for many, inevitably ends in a blurry booze-soaked haze. Many come from Long Island and New Jersey, getting a head start on the festivities on the train ride into the city. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

Revelers dressed as Santa Claus drink inside at a bar in the East Village neighborhood during the annual SantaCon bar crawl event on December 14, 2013 in New York City. The SantaCon annual event occurs worldwide in more than 300 cities in 44 countries. In New York some community groups have established a ‘Santa Free’ zone that urges bars not to serve alcoholic beverages to people participating in order to dissuade incidents of public vomiting and urination in the streets. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Snow falls as a reveler dressed as Santa Claus smokes a cigarrette in the East Village neighborhood during the annual SantaCon bar crawl event on December 14, 2013 in New York City. The SantaCon annual event occurs worldwide in more than 300 cities in 44 countries. In New York some community groups have established a ‘Santa Free’ zone that urges bars not to serve alcoholic beverages to people participating in order to dissuade incidents of public vomiting and urination in the streets. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Revelers dressed as Santa Claus gather inside at a bar in the East Village neighborhood during the annual SantaCon bar crawl event on December 14, 2013 in New York City. The SantaCon annual event occurs worldwide in more than 300 cities in 44 countries. In New York some community groups have established a ‘Santa Free’ zone that urges bars not to serve alcoholic beverages to people participating in order to dissuade incidents of public vomiting and urination in the streets. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Revelers dressed as Santa Claus line up outside a bar in the East Village neighborhood during the annual SantaCon bar crawl event on December 14, 2013 in New York City. The SantaCon annual event occurs worldwide in more than 300 cities in 44 countries. In New York some community groups have established a ‘Santa Free’ zone that urges bars not to serve alcoholic beverages to people participating in order to dissuade incidents of public vomiting and urination in the streets. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Members of the New York Police Department stand next to revelers dressed as Santa Claus and holiday costumes as they gather at Tompkins Square Park during the annual SantaCon bar crawl event on December 14, 2013 in New York City. The SantaCon annual event occurs worldwide in more than 300 cities in 44 countries. In New York some community groups have established a ‘Santa Free’ zone that urges bars not to serve alcoholic beverages to people participating in order to dissuade incidents of public vomiting and urination in the streets. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Revelers dressed as Santa Claus run as the arrive at Tompkins Square Park to take part during the annual SantaCon bar crawl event on December 14, 2013 in New York City. The SantaCon annual event occurs worldwide in more than 300 cities in 44 countries. In New York some community groups have established a “Santa Free” zone that urges bars not to serve alcoholic beverages to people participating in order to dissuade incidents of public vomiting and urination in the streets. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Three revellers dressed as Santa Claus run in park during the SantaCon event in New York December 14, 2013. Every year since 1997, thousands of men and women have dressed up as Santas, elves, reindeer or some other holiday confection and descended on the city’s streets for a daylong bar crawl that begins with good cheer and, for many, inevitably ends in a blurry booze-soaked haze. Many come from Long Island and New Jersey, getting a head start on the festivities on the train ride into the city. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

An NYPD police officer speaks with a reveller dressed as Santa Claus during the SantaCon event in New York December 14, 2013. Every year since 1997, thousands of men and women have dressed up as Santas, elves, reindeer or some other holiday confection and descended on the city’s streets for a daylong bar crawl that begins with good cheer and, for many, inevitably ends in a blurry booze-soaked haze. Many come from Long Island and New Jersey, getting a head start on the festivities on the train ride into the city. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

Revellers in in reindeer costumes gather outside St Paul’s Cathedral to take part in the annual “Santacon” in central London on December 14, 2013. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)

Passing tourists on a sightseeing bus take photographs of revellers in Santa costumes taking part in the annual “Santacon” in central London on December 14, 2013. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)

Revellers in Santa costumes set of through the streets as they takes part in the annual “Santacon” in central London on December 14, 2013. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)

Revellers in Santa costumes gather to take part in the annual “Santacon” outside Saint Paul’s Cathedral in central London on December 14, 2013. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)

Revellers in Santa costumes pose for a group photograph as they gather to take part in the annual “Santacon” outside Saint Paul’s Cathedral in central London on December 14, 2013. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)

Father Christmas, elves and costumed merrymakers flood streets for SantaCon 2013

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