Twelve Bars of Christmas 2013 Proves Surprisingly Festive

By Jon Graef in News on Dec 15, 2013 5:30PM

Photo by Stephanie Barto

Compared to some of the shenanigans last year, the Twelve Bars of Christmas bar crawl -- or TBOX, if you're in the social media know -- had a relatively muted 2013. The crawl drew an estimated 20,000 people to do something they could already do on any given weekend in Wrigleyville: drink heavily, to the point of blackout. That said, a more muted TBOX, likely due to a heavy snow, made for a surprisingly festive look.

Of course, Santa—not "the" Santa, but "a" Santa—did reportedly manage to get himself arrested :

9:03PM: A resident in the 3300 block of N. Kenmore says an intoxicated teen in a Santa costume keeps knocking on her back door and blocking the entrance to her home.

9:08PM: The teenaged Santa on Kenmore is now "having a tussle" with a neighbor who tried to intervene.

9:11PM: Santa teen is arrested for assault. Case HW571101. Unknown officer suggests "Santa has too much tea in his box."

But even Crime In Boystown said TBOX was "much less troublesome this year." Hot damn!

Here's a Storify of TBOX: