They’re rebels without a Claus.

The founders of SantaCon are forced to reckon with the boozy global sensation they unintentionally created three decades ago in a new documentary — which reveals the Big Apple might have been the major turning point in its story.

“SANTACON” — premiering Thursday at DOC NYC — explores the little-known history of how an absurdist art performance morphed into the drunken day of debauchery punctuated with arrests, sickness and disturbing public acts that is feared around the world today.

“It’s a story about bigger ideas. It was a story about change, about moving on, about passing the torch to a new generation and coming to terms with a new reality that might be different from the one you’re used to,” explained director Seth Porges, the genius behind the 202

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