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SantaCon Drops In on Babylon

Annual bar-hopping of Santa Claus-dressed visitors hit the town on Saturday, December 22nd.

The annual SantaCon, short for Santa Claus Convention, is known for its stops in major cities like New York, Dallas and Chicago, but in 2012, the "running of the Santas" made a stop in Babylon Village.

Local photographer Bruce of Babylon Village Photos sent in these great shots of some festive people headed to the local bars to par take in the annual holiday fun.

In New York City, SantaCon comes as annual bar-crawl-like celebration with men and women decked from head to toe in Santa or elf-gear. Often, many donate money to the Marines' Toys for Tots program in an effort to spread more holiday cheer.

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Adam Crowley May 15, 2013 at 06:53 pm
As I explained, my post was made on behalf of another village resident. However, I did take theRead More time to read the statute and do have an independent viewpoint on this subject. While I do not feel that all dogs require a muzzle at all times, if you have a dog that you know to be a threat to other dogs or humans, you would have a duty to take measures to eliminate that threat before bring that dog into public. If that measure is a muzzle, then that's what must be done. As my post indicated, I believe strict enforcement would be exceedingly difficult and, perhaps, unnecessary (at least with respect to the muzzle requirement). However, a total lack of enforcement is dangerous and unacceptable. I think a little common sense goes a long way and I have confidence that those charged with enforcing the Village code could do so selectively. I understand that selective enforcement may be a concept that many feel uncomfortable with. However, just because the law requires a muzzle, that is hardly a reason to disregard it in its entirety and allow dogs with vicious propensities to roam around unleashed. I will leave it up to Village lawmakers to remove the muzzle requirement (and suggest that they do so) if that is what it would take to make people comfortable with the leash requirement.
Concerned Citizen May 15, 2013 at 05:37 pm
Did you read the law? unless it be properly muzzled and effectively restrained by a chain or leashRead More I'll bet neither dog was muzzled Do you really want them to enforce this law