Map and locations posted the night before the event.Savannah's original holiday Pub crawl is back. This is our fourteenth year of 115-350 Santas strong.
Santacon is FREE just be in costume. Santa's are best. Elves, Snowmen, Reindeer, and other assorted Christmas characters are all great ideas, get creative and go all out. Wear more than a Santa hat, at least buy a red sweatsuit from Wal-mart.
Bring a toy valued at approx 15 dollars to the crawl, unwrapped. There will be drop offs at bar locations and they will all be collected and given to a children's charity. We normally get a full truckload every year. Bring small gifts and candy canes to hand out to the people we pass.
Guidelines below, we move as a group, map posted the night before the event.
ANYONE asks who’s in charge – SANTA IS IN CHARGE!!!
If you hear SANTA OUT - All Santa's are leaving the building to move to the next location.
If you hear SANTA DOWN – all Santa’s hit the ground!
Wait to hear SANTA UP and continue as nothing has happened.
If you hear SANTA SCRAMBLE – we need Santa’s to go in every direction possible and then to meet back at the intended bar next on the route….
Don't fight, get tough, or start any drama, its Christmas spread cheer
Eat throughout the day, Don't be that Santa
CASH ONLY - imagine being a bartender with 100 credit cards tabs for Santa
Don't mess with police or bar staff
SANTACON GUIDELINES
1. Santa does not make children cry. Really, if you see kids, don’t do anything to freak them out. Give them a nice smile and possibly a gift of some kind (toys, candy etc). Parents and tourists are a different matter altogether — adjust your behavior based on their attitude.
2. Santa dresses for all occasions. It’s December. Smart Santas wear multiple costume layers. Dress to maximize merriment, whether singing Christmas carols in the snow or swinging from a stripper pole in a hot nightclub.
3. Santa doesn’t whine! We will be outside a lot and commuting mainly on foot — bring enough “snacks” to keep your pie-hole filled until we get indoors.
4. Bring gifts: NAUGHTY gifts to give grown ups; NICE stuff to give kids. Throwing coal at people is discouraged no matter who they are. YES THAT INCLUDES POLITICIANS. But giving out coal might actually be appreciated.
5. Watching Santa get drunk and rowdy is fun. Babysitting Santa while he vomits in an alley is not. Don’t be that Santa.
6. Make sure you always pay for your beer and tip the bar staff. We want to be able to do this again, so be polite and cultivate the goodwill of the local community.
7. Please pay for your drinks as soon as you get them. Santas get tired of waiting on other Santas to clear their tab before being able to move on. This entire adventure should be cash-only.
8. “No Santas left behind!” Don’t think only of yourself — Santa is not inconsiderate of his fellow Santas like that. Pick a few people you know and keep an eye out for them when it’s time to move to the next location. If you don’t see them, speak up so other Santas know to wait a moment. Every Santa should have at least two to three other Santas they look out for and two to three that look out for them in turn.
9. Stay with the group. It’s not just a case of “the more, the merrier” — Santa is safer with large numbers of fellow Santas, and what one Santa can’t achieve (or get away with) is a possibility for 50 or more!
10. Dress up! You don’t have to dress exactly like Santa. In fact, unusual interpretations of Santa-ness are much appreciated, both by those we bring joy to as well as your fellow Santas; elves, reindeer themes etc. are fine as well!
11. Please remember that this is all about having fun. Most Santas like to take their fun with a little alcohol, which is fine. What is not fine, however, is getting completely sh!t-faced to the point that Santas end up being abusive or violent. Remember that there is no “bail fund” for incarcerated Santas and if you cross the line, you’ll be on your own.
12. Santa doesn’t drink and drive and neither should you. If you’re going to drink, you must make sure that you can get safely home without driving yourself. Check public transport, carpool with a designated sober driver, make arrangements to sleep over at someone’s place, etc.
13. You MUST address everyone as “Santa.”
14. You SHOULD “ho-ho-ho” like Santa.
15. You OUGHT to give out gifts like Santa.
16. You MIGHT want to drink like Santa.
17. If you have reached this rule, it means you didn’t get locked into a loop reading the guidelines over and over again as per the previous rule. You are therefore intelligent enough to take part in SantaCon!
18. Have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Event Venue
Savannah Historic District, 23 Barnard St, Savannah, GA 31401-2517, United States
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