It’s Saturday. At first I noticed a Santa at 10 am and thought he must be on his way to a gig. Then as I was out and about I began to see other Santa Clauses, too many for one day of attending to kids in the City. I asked one white-bearded young man. His answer: basically it is a license to drink too much in as many places as possible. Oh, and it is supposed to be involved with food bank donations. However, in my experience, he says, there are a lot of rented costumes by people who never made it to the donation drop off. So, it appears to act like the disguiser-of-persons that a halloween costume allows. As I was returning home late last night, I saw indeed it is a license to get rip-roaring drunk and talk to the curb at the end of the night. But before things developed to that state, it was charming and delightful to see the City overrun with santas ho-ho-ho-ing and texting on almost every corner of the village. Look for it, it could be happening in your city.