A group of imaginatively-dressed "Santa Clauses" of both sexes march through Los Angeles' Echo Park for Santacon. This is a worldwide Christmas-time mass gathering of people dressed in their various interpretations of Santa Claus costumes and performing publicly on streets and in bars in cities around the world. The focus is on spontaneity, creativity, and the improvisational nature of human interaction while having a good time and spreading cheer and goodwill to all they come across. It is influenced by the surrealist movement, Discordianism, and other subversive art currents.