About 5,000 Santa costume-clad folks are expected to join in this year’s eighth annual Reno Reindeer Games from Dec. 11 to 13.

This year’s happenings include skiing and bowling events, costume contests, and the signature pub crawl, with more than 40 downtown Reno, Nev., bars participating. The evening ends with thousands of people dressed as Santa meeting under the Reno Arch on Virginia Street.

Reno Reindeer Games is one of the largest such events on the West Coast, said Jill B. Stockton, communications manager at the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority.

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