Human: What is SantaCon? Assistant: 
SantaCon is an annual event held on the Saturday before Christmas in New York City. The event is monitored and supported by the New York City Police Department. But community opposition has increased, as SantaCon evolved into what "The Village Voice" described as "a day-long spectacle of public inebriation somewhere between a low-rent Mardi Gras and a drunken fraternity party. "An op-ed in "The New York Times" on the eve of the 2013 SantaCon criticized it for "sexism, drunkenness, xenophobia