DANVILLE — It’s possible that no one at Danville’s joyous, first-ever SantaCon knew that artist John Law invented the event more than 30 years ago in San Francisco because he hated Christmas.

While Santa-clad revelers bar-hopped and drank hot toddies at the Danville festivities on Dec. 6, the San Ramon Valley firefighters, looking sadly sober, were on hand collecting toys for kids. Proceeds from the event were donated to local schools.

“You’ve got the whole gamut there with SantaCon,” Law told this news organization in an interview. “It’s been a very different event from when we started it until now.”

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