A pack of Santas departs for the 5K portion of the annual Santa Hustle Half Marathon and 5K on Sunday at the Maine Mall. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Tina Chadbourne, of Bucksport, adjusts a fake beard on Wilson – a 7-month-old Great Dane – minutes before the running of the annual Santa Hustle Half Marathon and 5K on Sunday at the Maine Mall. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Baby, a European fallow deer, gets a scratch on the head Sunday before the running of the annual Santa Hustle Half Marathon and 5K at the Maine Mall. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Caleb Schmid, of Portland, stands festooned with lights, baubles and stuffed animals on the starting line of the annual Santa Hustle Half Marathon and 5K on Sunday at the Maine Mall. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Evelyn Scherb, 2, of South Portland, holds her mother's hand near the finish line for the annual Santa Hustle Half Marathon and 5K on Sunday at the Maine Mall. Jessica Scherb said her daughter walked the last quarter mile of the 5K, but rode in a stroller for most of the way. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Saco resident Amy James, dressed as a gingerbread man, pets service dog Ebony near the finish line at the annual Santa Hustle Half Marathon and 5K on Sunday at the Maine Mall. James said she was there to support her cousin who ran the race. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Cameron Samperi, 7, sits on the shoulders of Kevin Samperi as they watch runners cross the finish line of the Santa Hustle Half Marathon and 5K on Sunday at the Maine Mall. The father-son team, from New Haven, Connecticut, finished the 5K in just under 35 minutes. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Carrie Castonguay, from left, Marjorie Fletcher and Catherine Castonguay join hands as they cross the finish line. The trio finished the 5K with a time of 34:49. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
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