SantaCon 2011

SantaCon revelers share a toast at Hooters in Hollywood.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

SantaCon revelers walk along Hollywood Boulevard.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Santa Paws joins hundreds of holiday revelers celebrating the annual SantaCon party in Hollywood.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Santa Hopee, left, kisses Santa at Hooters in Hollywood, where all participants share the name Santa for a day.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

SantaCon revelers parade through Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

SantaCon revelers dance to Lady Gaga tunes played on an accordian on Olvera Street.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

A Red Line train stops at Union Station as a SantaCon participant adjusts his beard.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Lucy Nicol, right, and Eve Boase admire their pictures of SantaCon festivities in Hollywood.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

A member of Santa’s Cons joins other SantaCon revelers at a Hollywood bar.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

Hundreds of holiday revelers dressed as, or nearly as, Santa Claus trek from bar to bar along Hollywood Boulevard.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

A man dressed as Spiderman watches as hundreds of people dressed as Santa Claus pass by him at the Hollywood and Highland complex in Hollywood.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)