Meteorologists are predicting moderate to heavy snowfall for New York City and surrounding regions this weekend.
Two to six inches are expected to accumulate in the Northeast Saturday, as Christmas enthusiasts prepare their festive costumes for New York City’s annual pub crawl, SantaCon 2017.
Winter Storm Benji will travel out of the Gulf Coast Friday and into areas of the Northeast- which also include parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts New Jersey – where the storm will hit hardest through I-95 corridor early afternoon, ABC reports.
The snow will move out of the Northeast by early Sunday.
Meteorologists are predicting moderate to heavy snowfall for New York City and surrounding regions this weekend
Two to six inches are expected to accumulate in the Northeast early Saturday
But the weather forecast likely won’t stop dedicated SantaCon goers – who have a reputation for making the most of the holiday tradition each year.
The holiday event takes place in as many as 380 cities in America and 51 countries, according to SantaCon.info.
But even though it is held in several other locations around the world, New York has been known to be the most widely-celebrated.
Last year, police swarmed the city as thousands of people dressed in red, white and green crowded together early Saturday and continued the bash through Sunday morning.
The weather forecast likely won’t stop dedicated SantaCon goers – who have a reputation for making the most of the holiday tradition each year (crowds are shown at the 2016 celebration)
The holiday event takes place in hundreds of cities around the world, but New York is known to be the most celebrated
Police received numerous complaints about disorderly conduct during the pub crawl in recent years.
While no arrests were reported at the event in 2016, ‘100 ‘summonses’ were issued to people dressed like Santa Clause for offenses falling into the ‘disorderly conduct’ category,’ according to Patch.com.
This includes but is not limited to ‘peeing in public, being overly drunk in public and drinking on the street.’
Police say SantaCon goers who are slapped with the ticket will likely pay fines.