To people who like to visit bars while dressed as Santa Claus: you can do just that at this weekend’s SantaCon, a St. Nick-themed bar crawl through downtown Spokane. To everyone else: this is why there are so many drunken Santas stumbling their way through Spokane. SantaCon first started in 1994 with a get-together in San Francisco. Today, there are more than 300 SantaCons around the world, and this is the second year it’s going down in Spokane. So to recap: bars, Santa costume, and yes, this is a real event.