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SantaCon 2023 comes to New York this weekend; what you should know to go (or to avoid it)

Hundreds of Santa Clauses are getting ready to throw a party in the streets and bars of Manhattan this coming December 9 as part of the SantaCon 2023.

Every year dozens of people, mostly young people, carry out this activity whose organizers describe it as l The largest gathering of people dressed as Santa in the world.

The party, which mostly consists of visit different bars dressed in Christmas costumesc It will start at 10 in the morning this coming Saturday on Broadway Street.

There they will take a souvenir photo and then begin the tour of the businesses in the area.

For this reason, The MTA announced that it will prohibit the entry of alcoholic beverages into Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North stations.

The ban begins at 4:00 a.m. on Saturday until noon on Sunday.

Drinks will not be allowed on trains or consumed at stations.

The NYPD will beef up security at busiest stations such as Penn Station, Grand Central Madison and Grand Central Terminal.

On your websitethe organizers point out that The event has a fee of 15 dollars which will be used to help charitable associations.

More about Christmas in New York:

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The Christmas shopping season began in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon with the opening of the traditional Christmas windows of department stores.

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The Christmas shopping season began in the Big Apple with the inauguration of the traditional Christmas windows of department stores.

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This Thursday afternoon dozens of people came to see the Christmas-decorated windows of the three Midtown stores.

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Macy’s stores in Herald Square, along with Bloomingdales and Bergdorf Goodman, presented their colorful displays.

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Candies, polar bears, reindeer and Santa Claus were the main figures that adorned these windows.

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“They have the little camera to take your photos, Barbie dressers, it’s really very fun,” commented one of the attendees.

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The tradition of these shop windows dates back to 1874.

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Every year around 10 million people come throughout the Christmas season to one of the busiest shopping areas in the world.

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With these displays, stores seek to attract their customers in a fun way.

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With these displays, stores seek to attract their customers in a fun way.

2023-12-05 13:52:11
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