‘SantaCon Canceled': Group Posts Fake Signs Hoping to Have Bar Crawl Called Off

A New York City group is hoping to dissuade overly jolly drinkers from flooding the streets by posting phony signs stating that the yearly SantaCon bar crawl has been canceled.

Signs reading "SantaCon Canceled" were spotted in Williamsburg and the East Village Friday ahead of the annual bar crawl, which is set to take place in Gramercy, Midtown and the East Village Saturday. Members of New York City Residents claimed responsibility of the signs and said they hoped the faux signs will encourage SantaCon organizers to call off the event. 

"Our goal is to unite the city," a representative for the group said. "I have not spoken to a single New Yorker who enjoys SantaCon."

Anti-SantaCon organizer John Daniels said it all started three years ago after he got fed up seeing a SantaCon Santa Claus vomit on a pile of garbage near Starbucks at Astor Place.

"I walk by ten minutes later and that same Santa Claus is having a lewd sex act on that same pile of garbage."

But organizers of the bar crawl don't seem to be budging and have posted a disclaimer on their site that the posters are "misinformation."

"Reports that SantaCon has been canceled are not true," the group said on its website. 

Unlike in prior years, there is no real route for the crawl. Rather, revelers will gather in the plaza outside the Flatiron building before moving to one of about 50 bars and venues.

See the full list of bars here.

At last year's SantaCon, five people were arrested and more than 100 red-suited participants were issued summonses, the Daily News reports.

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