Photos: Santas party in New York City at 'SantaCon' bar crawl

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Revelers dressed as Santa Claus line up outside a bar in the East Village neighborhood during the annual SantaCon bar crawl event on Dec. 14, 2013 in New York City.
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The annual SantaCon bar crawl occurs worldwide in more than 300 cities in 44 countries. But in In New York, too much Santa is starting to be seen as not such a good thing. 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.

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