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Rehoboth Santa Bar Crawl turns city red

Thousands of people participate in the fourth annual Rehoboth Beach Santa Bar Crawl Dec. 6. A significant portion of the participants gather on the Boardwalk for a group photo. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
December 11, 2025

Dressed in their finest Christmas-themed outfits, thousands of people participated in the fourth annual Rehoboth Beach Santa Bar Crawl Dec. 7.

A lot of the participants gathered at Above the Dunes for a large group photo on the Boardwalk. However, there were also a lot of people who chose to start the bar crawl early and skipped the group photo.

Most of the participants dressed as some kind of Santa or Mrs. Claus, but there were also characters from movies like “Elf,” “Christmas Vacation,” “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and others.

The Rehoboth Beach Santa Bar Crawl is an event to benefit the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation and the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. The event takes place on the first Saturday of December. There is no participation fee or ticket. Instead, participants are asked to bring at least one new and unwrapped toy as a donation to Toys for Tots Foundation. Participants are also asked to make a donation of at least $5 to Tunnel to Towers.

For more information on the Rehoboth Beach Santa Bar Crawl, go to rbsantabarcrawl.com.

 

A crew of four carries gifts by the unmistakable pink doors of Zelky’s.
Cheryl Rehbein, left, and Steve Heffner make their way down Rehoboth Avenue to the group photo.
Even the outside deck for Aqua is full of Santas.
At the Purple Parrot, Santa happily accepts gifts without asking questions about what’s happening behind him.
Kelly Ingel’s friends are using her hat as a beacon in the crowd.
June Locantore thinks it’s funny to be silly during a crowd shot.
Santa costumes can be hot, which is why some of the people at Above the Dunes hang out on the deck.
Rehoboth Ale House is packed.
Souvenir beer glasses – a good way to remember the event happened, even if you can’t remember the fun.
Debbie Bennett, left, and Nancy Bond drop off toys in the bag of Bill Quandt, Toys for Tots volunteer.
Mike Bonavita adjusts his real beard after the group photo.
They don’t have St. Nicholas with them, but John Rafter, left, and Bob Bieber still have Lloyd Stackhouse dressed as a tree.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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