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With an epic SantaCon pub crawl right around the corner, the NYPD is urging bar and club owners to keep Kris Kringles from entering their chimneys establishments unless they remove their fake beards.
Only in New York must Santa be clean shaven.
Refusing Service to White Beards
SantaCon is an annual event held in cities across the nation in which thousands of merrymakers dress like Santa and other holiday characters (including dreidels!) to spread yuletide cheer.
Oh, and it usually involves a ton of alcohol. How else would they achieve Santa's ruddy color?
This year, SantaCon revelers in New York who want to swap their milk and cookies for White Russians and peanuts will have to check their white beards at the bar's door.
The NYPD says it's for surveillance camera purposes. Police have a very difficult time identifying "Bad Santas" -- those who pick fights, urinate in public, and vomit on property -- when they're disguised in white beards, reports New York Daily News.
Santa on the Naughty List?
Before you and your little helpers take to the streets this holiday season, keep these tips in mind on how to avoid landing on law enforcement's naughty list:
Santa spreads joy. Not terror. Not vomit. Officers, like Santa, often know when you've been naughty or nice. Stick with nice.
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