WHETHER you call him Father Christmas, Santa Claus or St Nicholas, the image of a jolly old man with a white beard and a red suit who visits the world’s children every December 25 and leaving gifts is unmistakable.
But it turns out it’s not quite so standard everywhere around the world.
In some places, children got their gifts a couple weeks ago. In others, they won’t get them until about a week after Christmas Day. – December 25, 2018.
Girls dressed as Santa Claus running on Stone Bridge during a race in Skopje. A few hundred people costumed as Santa Claus, participated in a race ahead of New Year through the streets of Skopje, Macedonia. – AFP pic, December 25, 2018.A Thai nurse adjusting the outfits of newborns resting in their baby cots and in Santa Claus costumes to celebrate the Christmas season at Paolo Memorial Hospital Chokchai 4 in Bangkok, Thailand. The hospital offers Santa Claus outfits to newborns as part of its delivery package to celebrate the Christmas season. – EPA pic, December 25, 2018.Serbian motorcyclists dressed in Santa costume driving through the streets of Belgrade. A group of Serbian motorcycle enthusiasts gathered in the Serbian capital for a joint ride to bring Christmas gifts to underprivileged children. – EPA pic, December 25, 2018.A scuba diver dressed as Santa Claus swimming in a fish tank as he feeds fish during a performance show at Aquaria KLCC aquarium in Kuala Lumpur. – EPA pic, December 25, 2018.A man dressed as Santa Claus in a kayak during the Santa Run in Minsk, Belarus. More than 300 participants took part in the first Santa Run on distances of 5km, 10km and 15km in the Belarusian capital. – EPA pic, December 25, 2018.Secretaries to the French Santa Claus (Pere Noel) reading and answering Christmas letters at the post office in Libourne, near Bordeaux. Santa Claus has 60 secretaries who answer his mail as 1.2 million letters arrive at the post office from 132 countries. – EPA pic, December 25, 2018.A man in a Santa Claus costume taking part in a Christmas Parade (Parad Nwel in Haitian creole) on the streets of the commune of Petion Ville, in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. – AFP pic, December 25, 2018.Palestinians dressed as Santa Claus in Bethlehem hanging signs on a mural painting of Palestinian militant Ahed Tamimi on Israel's controversial barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. – AFP pic, December 25, 2018.An elephant dressed in a Santa Claus costume with its mahout presenting toys and gifts to schoolchildren during Christmas celebrations in Ayutthaya, Thailand. – AFP pic, December 25, 2018.South Korean volunteers in Santa Claus outfits throwing Santa hats during a ceremony before the delivery of Christmas gifts in Seoul. The volunteers deliver Christmas gifts to 1,200 children from 800 poor families in Seoul on Christmas eve. – AFP pic, December 25, 2018.
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