A man dressed as Santa Claus on a stand-up paddleboard crosses Lake Aegerisee near Unteraegeri, Switzerland.
Israeli-Arab Issa Kassissieh wears a Santa Claus costume as he rides a camel during an annual Christmas tree distribution by the Jerusalem municipality on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
Claudionor Jose de Deus, wearing a Santa Claus costume, waves to people on a boat in the Amazon River, in rural Manaus, Brazil. Jose de Deus is part of a volunteer group that distributes toys to children from poor neighborhoods and riverside communities that are distant from the city.
A man dressed as a Santa Claus takes part in the traditional Christmas bath during an unusually warm December day in Nice, southeastern France.
A man dressed as Santa Claus speaks with a woman and a baby being treated at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Guatemala City. The hospital organizes the event annually and Santa Claus distributes gifts to children receiving medical attention.
A member of the "Sibspas" Siberian search and rescue group dressed as Santa Claus, shakes hands with his teammate, dressed as Father Frost, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, as they climb to the rock named "The Fourth Stolb" (the Fourth Pillar) at the Stolby National Nature Reserve during a training session of the Russian Emergencies Ministry outside Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
A volunteer wearing a Santa Claus costume distributes presents to children at a poor community in Najaf, south of Baghdad.
A girl watches with her father a procession of people dressed as Santa Claus during the start of Christmas celebrations in Beirut, Lebanon.
A member of the Langland Board Surfers group takes part in a Surfing Santa competition at Langland Bay in Gower, Wales.
A float carries Santa and his elves as they wave to spectators along 6th Avenue during the 89th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.
A man dressed as a Santa Claus poses on top of the Kollhoff Tower at Potsdamer Platz square in Berlin, Germany.
A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume swims with sardines during a promotional event for Christmas "Sardines Feeding Show with Santa Claus" at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea.
Traffic enforcer Ramiro Hinojas wears a Santa Claus costume while directing traffic flow at a busy intersection in Pasay City, Manila. Hinojas busted some dance moves while directing traffic to entertain motorists stuck in the congested intersection as holiday-goers crowd malls for their yuletide shopping a few days before Christmas.
A man dressed as Santa Claus speeds down the mountain on a snowboard on the opening weekend at the alpine ski resort of Verbier, Switzerland. Skiers dressed as Santa Claus were granted free access to the resort on the day of Saint-Nicolas.
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