My roommate Jeff and I participated in North Portland Santacon (NoPDX Anticon) this year. Often mistaken for “Official” Santacon, Anticon is a mass gathering of Santa-clad revelers spreading merriment from one dive bar to the next in North Portland. “Official” Santacon is, apparently, not pub-crawl focused. What the focus is, I could not tell you. The creators seem to want to make it difficult to know what it is or to participate. So we opted not to do Santacon.

Anticon was a blast, however. Photos:

Jeff & I on the MAX riding to the meeting point (Paul Bunyan):

One of the Santas gave the Santas on our train Santa name badges. You know. So we don’t get mixed up.

Duct Tape Santa

Thirsty Santas

My friends toward the end of the night: