SantaCon in New York
 

New Yorkers dressed in Santa Claus costumes and gathered in Washington Square Park, to conduct an annual festival: SantaCon.

Similar events in the threshold of Christmas are in many other parts of the world and also known as Naughty Santas, Cheapsuit Santas, Santarchy, Santa Rampage, the Red Menace and Santapalooza. For example, on Friday the Polish city, Shimbak held convention of local "Santa Clauses".

The main components of festivals of Santa Claus - the spontaneity, the atmosphere of freedom and creativity, improvisation and interaction between strangers jolly pastime.


2009
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2007
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Source(s): Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images North America ; Photo: Patrick Andrade / Atlaspress ; Lucas Jackson / Reuters via Stern Magazine ; Photo: Joe Fox / Wireimage

BBC NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Santa record bid attracts 13,000
date of event: Dec. 9, 2007

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This. I need to move to Japan.

Santa Marathon in Korea
 

December 12: Olympic Park in Seoul, Korea. The Santa Marathon during the Santa Sport Festival has hundreds of Koreans celebrating the season while also having fun. Photo: Getty Images.


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Ultraman (Japanese equivalent of Superman?)

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I guess I had a temporary lapse of "insert historical trivia here" when I posted the above.
Here is my make-up-for-the-oversight: Ultraman

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moving on, I found out about 10 minutes ago that deviantart has a cosplay section (I don't know if I'll ever know how to get there manually, though... I find the mainsite to be too specific in terms of available filter points, so I get lost easily).


This is 'Tess', and she has dedicated this particular costume to a character from Final Fantasy VI.
(I haven't played FF for more than 30 minutes in my life, so I have little inkling if this is an accurate portrayal)

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Rosa Rubicundior. by *cupcake-rufflebutt

Artist's Comments
Myself as Terra Branford from Final Fantasy VI, inspired by the art of Yoshitaka Amano. Photos taken by Corey [Mindfall] and Nicole [Cyberbird] at Anime USA 2009.


It looks very nice, is what I'm thinking. Again, not sure of who she based the costume on or the personality attached to it, but it looks as though it was made with great effort, and as a result, it wowed me as a fanastic-looking finished product. If anyone is interest in any more cosplay portrayals by this particular young lady, I took a quick persual of her profile, and she has dozens of instances of separate cosplay(...ing?). Go ahead and take a peek for more.

still continuing the Santa theme, we have...

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A diver in Santa Claus costume rides a bicycle inside a shark tank at the Sea World in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 19,2008.

Legend of Zelda cosplay

two young girls dressed as variants of Link fro the popular Ninendo game series, The Legend of Zelda.

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by Bui Si Ham

...continuing the theme, this is a Princess Zelda portrayal (of course, from the popular Nintendo series.)

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-- source

Unfortunately, the reality is that there's a lot more of this than of hot chicks in well done costumes.

@ Jetée, my hometown, Derry. :love:

I didn't initially understand this response, but looking over it, it seems it was directed towards this post. That's great that you liked it; did you, by any chance, also participate in the great Santa smattering and gathering for the world record, Irishman? If you didn't participate, however, another query I have for you is did you even know this enough before I posted the article detailing it? Kinda weird to see your hometown organizing an endeavor so massive and none of your mates thought to give you a ring about it anyhow (just speculation if you happen to say 'no').


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something also family-related: Can you say "Best Parents Ever"?

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Wondering Where the Wild Things Are? [Halloween, 2009, on the Boston 'T']

Crompsin and his freaks come out (not just on Halloween anymore... this is a just another Wednesday glow-bowling expedition).

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"duct taping your kid’s costume on to his body = what dragon*con is all about." (c, 2007)

Most powerful fictional character?

Attest to Akuma. (aka Gouki-豪鬼)
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A 'Killzone' publicity cosplay campaign, I guess

Killzone Review for PlayStation 2 - GameSpot

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Holy friggin' cameltoe...

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A woman shows off her unicorn-themed headgear during Ladies Day at Epsom Racecourse, Epsom, England.
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Jun 05, 2009
via Life.com

My Neighbor Totoro

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(via RedLemon's linkdrop of the LA Weekly: Los Angeles Airport Marriott for Anime L.A., by Shannon Cottrell

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character: Haruhi Suzumiya

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above is supposed to equate below

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informative: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Caption accompanying photo: The previous album cover of 'Abbey Road'
 

the "Good Guys"?
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Chucky, the psychotic serial killer from the Child's Play (Chucky) series.

It's nice to see a thread of mostly 'good' cosplay. I'm so used to seeing threads with all the really fucked up awful cosplay, haha.

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The girl with white hair

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by manganite | More of Harajuku's cosplayers you can see here.

Mhmmm I love white hair like that.

vintage Mickey and Minnie
 

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Mickey and Minnie Mouse, 1950s by Miehana


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Mickey and Minnie Mouse, 1961

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Russell, The ‘Up’ Kid In Real Life

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(believe it or not, I used to look just like this kid in grade school;
just swap the yellow shirt and khakis for a white polo and navy blue shorts, and there you have me.)

Kamen Rider cosplay

I know it may not be big here, but this TV/manga/cultural impact franchise is just as big, if not bigger, than both the original runs of Power Rangers in the states,
as well as where it originally spawned--Japan. It is huge.

The progession of Kamen Riders over the span of 20+ years.
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Kamen Rider V3, at the 9th Ani-Com Hong Kong
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Hawaii's Lt. Governor, James "Duke" Aiona, meets Kikaida, Ban "Jiro" Daisuke, Miyauchi "Kazami Shiro" Hiroshi
and Kamen Rider V3 in his Executive Chambers as he presents a proclaimation celebrating the 30th Anniversary of
Kikaida in Hawaii and Hawaii celebrates the "reunion" of two of our favorite heros!
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Glass Hall (level 1) at the Toy Carnivalheld, at the Singapor Art Museum
Meanwhile, a group of Kamen Rider at the courtyard was led by cute Ghostbuster girl
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Rider Punch.... by RacoonFactory
Kamen Rider Black in action; more found here


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Kamen Rider is a babe magnet; must be his slick ride.

Snow White cosplay

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more of the 'Disney princesses' (and they're not so perfect, as so much petty)

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captured by Zoomia, at the San Diego Comic Con 2009 (July 25)


and perhaps this was the inspiration? (or was it vice-versa?)

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smile for the camera by `bri-chan

and the main reason Kim Kardashian won Halloween...
 

.. was this outfit: as Princess Jasmine

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Halloween 2009

Jetee, I love the goofy Princessess. However, they shouldn't have let their guard down that long...
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RedLemon, do you happen to know of the source above (ie location, convention, photographer?)

I only ask because it is a fact in mythos lore that neither a vampire nor a werewolf can be converted into the other undead genre, zombies.

So, visual evidence that contradicts (or, perhaps, enhances claims, of alternate universes)

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Werewolf Belle (no surprise, considering her husband)
Snow White Vampire (so that's where she got her pale complexion)
Shaman Pocahontas (she reminds me of the girl from The Ring)
Princess Jasmine (not aversely-affected, it seems, but she does have slash marks)
Zombie Cinderella (the freaks come out at midnight)

-- costume and photography by kelldar, @ DragonCon 2008 (08/08)

Does this count?
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Do you happen to know who or what character the person in question is portraying? It may be obvious to you, or a certain readership of others, but I do prefer something more than a lonely picture without any context.

I mean, I know I'm very in-depth with the amount of detail and authorship I provide with every single post I compile, not only in this thread, but in every thread, but it's only to further reinforce that (mostly) nothing on the internet is left unattributed, or anonymous.

But a simple 'this is a "Black Widow" portrayal', or 'a "Donkey Kong" cosplay gathering in Hollywood last month' helps identify the who, why and where's of these unique events.

Sorry, I don't have a source for that. Just a random repost from some blog.

Ultra-chauffeur
 

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more from DragonCon
 

Duct Tape Girl

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DragonCon 2006 by Eloketh


and her return:
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DragonCon 2007 by Eloketh

I go to anime cons and cosplay at them. I'm personally one of those mediocre girls, with a semi amateur costume, which I make myself. I'm not horrendous to look at in my cosplay or the hottest thing alive. The point is I've been to several, and, unfortunately, costumes like duct tape girl and the fat neko girl aren't that uncommon. However all of the conventions that I've been to have limited that sort of costume to after 10pm, when the 18+ events occur. Luckily there are always some amazing cosplayers running around as well.