Our friends over at Gothamist have received an exclusive and anonymous interview with one of the normally hush-hush organizers of SantaCon. The organizer told Gothamist:
With our numbers increasing it attracts a certain element that doesn't understand the ethics behind it. It's about art in public space, creativity, donning gay apparel and being festive.
S/he goes on to admit there is some wrongdoing, but it's really overblown:
SantaCon brings way more smiles than it does scowls. It's easy for the press to look at a group of people all dressed the same acting out of the norm and make claims about them. There is probably .01% of Santas that act inappropriately, but when you have 30,000 people that's 30 people, and it's easy to take a picture of them.
The "charity" group has retained civil rights lawyer Norman Siegel presumably to prevent parts of the city from taking away SantaCon's right to assemble.
via Gothamist
Matt Coneybeare
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