tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post7445247821716395008..comments2024-03-28T16:06:42.424-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: SantaCon 2022 route revealedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-73998115614631648902022-12-10T12:48:18.241-05:002022-12-10T12:48:18.241-05:00If you really want to see how pathetic the assess ...If you really want to see how pathetic the assess who are masses really are, there’s a twitter user named @kennynyc2002 who has videos of the opening ceremony near Times Square. It features an out of tune Mariah Carey wannabe attempting to sing All I Want For Christmas. The crowd is much older and more sad looking than in past years, and looks like a cross between the people who line up for sales at Burlington Coat Factory and those who stormed the Capitol on January 6th.Giovannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061991537085810824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-70105893557301393362022-12-09T18:33:36.684-05:002022-12-09T18:33:36.684-05:00LMAO "... and many of those places have been ...LMAO "... and many of those places have been hurting since the pandemic" this same tired bullshit line.<br />Once restaurants got all the funding approved they were in the same boat as everyone else and have had years of free rent on public space, Enough with the restaurants are suffering BS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-83470775982185016822022-12-09T16:39:06.995-05:002022-12-09T16:39:06.995-05:00@Giovanni: "the asses who are the masses"...@Giovanni: "the asses who are the masses" sums it up perfectly.<br /><br />Now imagine any of these revelers being your lawyer, your doctor, your nurse, your pharmacist, your children's teacher, the cable installer, or a customer service representative... you can see why the future will be full of incompetence and low standards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-59700180522109328782022-12-09T15:56:59.757-05:002022-12-09T15:56:59.757-05:00Perhaps Santa Con could be relegated to the sports...Perhaps Santa Con could be relegated to the sports stadiums here where all the proceeds go to a legitimate charity such as UNICEF where people like us who live here aren't terrorized by a bunch of drunken twits who can't control their liquor and mind their manners? They can drink as much as they want in a safe, contained environment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-28582757977772075862022-12-09T13:49:12.280-05:002022-12-09T13:49:12.280-05:00I worked with people (in their 30s) who did this f...I worked with people (in their 30s) who did this for years. They'd meet at the main rendezvous point in the morning then have a drink nearby and be home by noon. They swore up and down this part was fun and festive, unlike what we see down here. What I've seen from my neighbors in the adjacent building, they booze it up in their apartments or rooftops starting early and go to the ev bars. They don't bother meeting up with other Santas in midtown or wherever. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-42911612317708508392022-12-09T13:34:52.767-05:002022-12-09T13:34:52.767-05:00Has there even been a bigger War on Christmas than...Has there even been a bigger War on Christmas than SantaCon? Every year I watch as bewildered young children being led away by their parents stare back at all the loud, drunken Santas, suddenly realizing there is no Santa Claus, or if there is he’s a miserable drunken fool, and much younger than in all the pictures. Once Upon a Time, SantaCon was an ironic and humorous event, but like everything that becomes much too popular, it was ruined by the asses who are the masses.Giovannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061991537085810824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71336047371753122032022-12-09T11:30:03.027-05:002022-12-09T11:30:03.027-05:00@8:41am: 100% agree with you. These people have no...@8:41am: 100% agree with you. These people have no self-respect, it seems to me.<br /><br />I would have been totally ashamed of myself if I'd ever taken part in anything so vile AND so completely at odds with the spirit of Christmas as Santacon. I never felt the need to get piss-drunk to celebrate *any* holiday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-31660843043827201592022-12-09T11:07:58.779-05:002022-12-09T11:07:58.779-05:00Here's an interesting tidbit from the blog w42...Here's an interesting tidbit from the blog w42st.com on Santa Con:<br /><br />"Galeani and a man only identified as “Santa” told Gothamist that since the organization incorporated itself as a 501(c)(3) in 2012, it had given away $900,000 to local charities including City Harvest, Neighbors Together, Materials for Arts and Dance Parade."<br /><br />Reference: https://w42st.com/post/guide-to-santacon-2022-saturday-hells-kitchen/<br /><br />I would really love NYS or NYC to investigate SantaCon's ongoing claim to be a registered "charity". 501(c)(3) charities are required to file with the IRS, specifically a Form 990 - which is a publicly available document.<br /><br />Vox.com said in a 2015 article: "But SantaCon's probably not best characterized as a charitable event."<br /><br />Reference: https://www.vox.com/2015/12/22/10640590/santacon<br /><br />I'm waiting for anyone (including the SantaCON organizers) to provide proof that they are actually a 501(c)(3) legit organization. Otherwise, IMO, they are blowing smoke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68305042132917459932022-12-09T10:40:17.111-05:002022-12-09T10:40:17.111-05:00I live on 7th St. In 2019, I was finally arriving...I live on 7th St. In 2019, I was finally arriving home from my shift at the restaurant I worked at, where I had been inundated with drunken, entitled Santas, some of whom were so drunk, they didn't leave gratuities. I just couldn't wait to return home. As I approached the door to my building, I witnessed a huge fight with four Santa's who were blocking access. I was unable to get in and witnessed as their argument grew louder as they screamed at one another. I didn't know what to do but wait as it got physical. One punch was thrown and the next. This went on for a couple of minutes, but I was so over them and the entire event. Luckily, the NYPD arrived and they quickly ran. When I made it to the top of the stairs to the main door, I was met with a big puddle of vomit up and down the stairs and an abandoned Santa hat and belt on top of it. The stench and site was horrific. I was speechless. Who behaves like this? Animals? This is why I detest this day. I don't care if others on this thread lament how many people such as myself complain endlessly about this. I realize this is just one day, but residents like us have to live with the chaos and the aftermath the day after. I pay my taxes, my bills, and my exorbitant rent. I will complain as much as I want. Santa Con! The most dreadful day of the year in NYC. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-58290886723102894972022-12-09T09:13:45.027-05:002022-12-09T09:13:45.027-05:00From "NOTORIUS":
"Is it safe to as...From "NOTORIUS":<br /><br />"Is it safe to assume that "Santa" is still Jim Glaser of Kostume Kult and the charities he speaks of are all organizations he's affiliated with?"<br /><br />Yes. My post from this 12/7/2015 EV Grieve SantaCon thread:<br /><br />"Edmund Dunn said...<br />“To Whom It May Concern:”<br /><br />"WTF? Are our politicians living in a digital media cave? They and their staff should know that due to the investigation prowess of posters here and at the Bowery Boogie blog that the A # 1Douchebag for this Bromageddon is Jim Glaser who was thrown off the Board of Figment-ART! ART! ART! ART!- NYC last year. BTW, Figment NYC also has a major interest in this shitshow."<br /><br />https://evgrieve.com/2015/12/politicos-still-calling-on-santacon-to.htmlEdmund J Dunnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-71897974692473923042022-12-09T08:41:58.391-05:002022-12-09T08:41:58.391-05:00This is one of the stupidest money making concepts...This is one of the stupidest money making concepts in our city’s history. An epic pub crawl filled with drunken adult children who can’t handle their liquor or growing up. The influx of college kid’s from outside this city in ridiculous numbers as universities became a business is how this started. Frat/boy day drinking was never a think in this city, never seen as cool. As a native it never would have crossed my mind to celebrate Christmas by starting to drink at 10A, be drunk by 3P, pissing and puking on city streets by 4P, trash a street corner with my pizza dinner by 6P, and be home by 7P, taking turns with my bros spewing out guts up in a toilet. Sounds like community fun we’d could have never imagined.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-24676223132760088272022-12-09T08:25:18.971-05:002022-12-09T08:25:18.971-05:00I don’t mind that bars will get business. I do min...I don’t mind that bars will get business. I do mind having to get past drunken hordes on the sidewalk if you hit the wrong block at the wrong time. There’s also the aspect of having to step around the piss and vomit…<br /><br />Let’s not forget that some of the reason the bad SantaCon memories are older is because the past two years would’ve been a bit more subdued (well, nonexistent in 2020). Given almost nobody cares about the virus this winter, I’m pretty sure we’ll be back up to full strength. Plenty of opportunity for fights in the streets and bjs in the aisles (I think that was in the Last Week Tonight episode?).aliasfoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263408702202778031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-52635186867253873342022-12-09T07:25:56.784-05:002022-12-09T07:25:56.784-05:00I thought Doc’s had a “no bar crawl” policy?I thought Doc’s had a “no bar crawl” policy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-78189432655261276892022-12-09T06:33:15.854-05:002022-12-09T06:33:15.854-05:00Somehow so many folks with student loans have ple...Somehow so many folks with student loans have plenty of money for weekly bar visits, SantaCon etc.<br />(Yes know this is for real)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-19122422604584558732022-12-09T00:35:15.789-05:002022-12-09T00:35:15.789-05:00Precisely why we need a military draft. Send these...Precisely why we need a military draft. Send these clowns to Ukraine, since most of them are waving the blu/yello flag out of costume. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-68613486513701156642022-12-08T22:10:53.169-05:002022-12-08T22:10:53.169-05:00Hide your kids. Hide your wife. Hide your kids. Hide your wife. Bowery Babenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-81071783541869447112022-12-08T19:41:19.186-05:002022-12-08T19:41:19.186-05:00They should move it all to Randall"s. Keep th...They should move it all to Randall"s. Keep the tents they put up for the migrants, set up pop-up drink and snack stands and recoup the money lost on the tents. Bus the hoards to Randall's and they can use the WiFi to ask their parents for more money. When they get blackout drunk they can pass out on the cots and when they throw up on themselves they can use the laundry to wash their clothes. Win-win. Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02939737035870546945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-28639409364715125252022-12-08T19:06:18.526-05:002022-12-08T19:06:18.526-05:00@3:05pm: If EV bars *need* this money to survive, ...@3:05pm: If EV bars *need* this money to survive, then they have a terrible business model. And BTW, I don't at all buy the idea that this ONE day is what allows the participating bars to survive!<br /><br />You write: "plus it is fun to watch all the guys in Santa outfits and the attractive women in Elve costumes having a drunken good time on the streets and sidewalks of the LES/EV":<br /><br />First, that is a disgustingly sexist comment about women. Second, IMO anyone who finds watching costumed people having a "drunken good time" to be "fun" is more pathetic than I can comprehend - or maybe that person is one of the organizers of this event, attempting to justify its existence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-18416202261645218122022-12-08T15:33:10.143-05:002022-12-08T15:33:10.143-05:00The city should close some streets to accommodate ...The city should close some streets to accommodate the crowds instead of ignoring them and let them overtake the sidewalks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-47270301520766637332022-12-08T15:05:50.910-05:002022-12-08T15:05:50.910-05:00Like it or not SantaCon brings in a lot of money t...Like it or not SantaCon brings in a lot of money to the LES/EV bars that host the event and many of those places have been hurting since the pandemic. So, the event does have some benefit plus it is fun to watch all the guys in Santa outfits and the attractive women in Elve costumes having a drunken good time on the streets and sidewalks of the LES/EV. It is only for one day and does not cause much of a problem as long as you can avoid the crowds and long lines of the SantaCon participants who are trying to get into select bars that will serve them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-57871720029595107732022-12-08T15:02:48.010-05:002022-12-08T15:02:48.010-05:00don't people get tired of the same crappy whin...don't people get tired of the same crappy whining---year after year ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-22600909913526293162022-12-08T14:58:50.672-05:002022-12-08T14:58:50.672-05:00@9:37 AM: "Don’t these ‘revelers’ get embarra...@9:37 AM: "Don’t these ‘revelers’ get embarrassed?" I think they're too drunk to be embarrassed OR to know how embarrassed they should be. I'm sure TikTok will be filled with their antics - which they will somehow be proud of.<br /><br />I always wish the families of these jerks could be made to watch what goes on here...not in cute & edited videos, but in disgusting real-time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-34649936669637133662022-12-08T14:55:46.354-05:002022-12-08T14:55:46.354-05:00I won’t be in the city that day but really bummed ...I won’t be in the city that day but really bummed to see that 7B would host this mess<br />It’s one of my favorite bars Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-25266701851676645392022-12-08T12:44:06.500-05:002022-12-08T12:44:06.500-05:00@10:37 - Dead to Me is a great show, and season 3 ...@10:37 - Dead to Me is a great show, and season 3 is really heartfelt, considering what Christina Applegate went through to get it done. Your day sounds like time well spent!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-66246294545822871232022-12-08T12:00:26.639-05:002022-12-08T12:00:26.639-05:00@ anon 10:37 - That sounds like a perfect day you ...@ anon 10:37 - That sounds like a perfect day you have planned :)NOTORIOUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03108784739330468457noreply@blogger.com