I began seeing the Santas this morning as they were headed toward their starting places for this year's
NYC Santacon. I saw them on most streets of the Village before 10 a.m.. As I was heading uptown around noon to visit
The Frick Collection, I really didn't think the Santas would come to the Upper East Side.
Wrong. I first saw the Santas
on the uptown 6 train, and then I was surprised to see them get off at 68th Street. Just as I was about to walk into the Frick, the Santas received their command to converge at Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. I was happily caught up in a Santa wave.
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Santas wait for a green light at Lexington and E 68th. |
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Santas march on E 68th. |
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Santas cross the street and do not look both ways. |
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Santas wave to taxis. |
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Santas would look good in a red car. |
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Many Santas needed to use the facilities. |
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Some Santas were very gendered. |
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Santas seemed to enjoy the park ambience. |
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Some Santas are hard to see unless you click on the picture to make it bigger. |
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Same here. |
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Here are two Santas chillin' at the Whitney Museum. Notice the women in black. |
Images by Walking Off the Big Apple during a convergence of Santas on the afternoon of December 11, 2010. I didn't follow them all the way to the fountain.
Others will have those pictures. (HuffPost)
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