German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) wear Santa Claus hats as they attend a Christmas celebration at Camp Marmal in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, on Dec. 22. Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
Window cleaners dress as Santa Claus and a reindeer as they pose for photographers during an event to celebrate the upcoming Christmas holidays at a shopping mall in Tokyo, Japan, on Dec. 23. Yurkio Nakao/Reuters
Sophie, a Yorkshire terrier, is dressed in a Santa suit as her owners wait for relatives to arrive at the San Francisco International Airport on Dec. 21. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP
South Korean postmen dressed as Santas drive their delivery bikes through the neighborhoods of Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 21. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea, where over half of the population is Christian. Lee Jin-man/AP
Soldiers in Santa hats entertain Mayon volcano evacuees in Legazpi city, Philippines, on Dec. 23. Tens of thousands of evacuees are expected to spend Christmas in evacuation centers after the nation's most active volcano began spewing ash last week coupled with a continuous lava flow. Bullit Marquez/AP
In Copenhagen, Denmark, on Dec. 16, a woman wears a hat with a figure of Santa Claus on it at the Tivoli Gardens. Christian Charisius/Reuters
Kim Hong-taek, 87, wears a Santa outfit as he hula-hoops during a performance at the Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 15. Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters
Malaysian children in costumes play with fake snow in Shah Alam, outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Dec. 22. Lai Seng Sin/AP
People buy food at a mobile shop near the Belarussian village of Novosyolki, just outside the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl reactor, on Dec. 22. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
Participants dressed in costumes practice yoga during a lesson at Shengjia Yoga Club to celebrate the upcoming Christmas holidays in Suining, China, on Dec. 22. Reuters
In a festive free-fall, people skydived dressed in costumes at Picton, near Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 17, 2008. Adrenalin.com.au/AP/FILE
In Fuzhou, China, on Dec. 21, 2008, underwater Santa Clauses performed with musical instruments in a turtle aquarium. The Chinese characters in the background read 'Merry Christmas.' AP/FILE
A man dressed as Santa Claus frolicked in the ocean during the 64th annual swim in Nice, France, on Dec. 21, 2008. Lionel Cironneau/AP/FILE
Team Angels and Team Santa Claus faced off in a charity soccer match in Hamburg, Germany, on Dec. 6. The game was between a youth girls team and a 5th division Hamburg men's team, and ended in a 10-10 draw. Funds raised at the event went to the Uwe Seeler Foundation, started by former footballer Uwe Seeler - an honorary captain of the German national team. Fabian Bimmer/AP/FILE
During a promotional event at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea, penguins were dressed in Santa costumes and put out on a snowy field for a photo. Shin Young-geun/Yonhap/Reuters/FILE
In Maine, Sunday River ski resort hosted its 9th Annual Santa Sunday on Dec. 7, where over 200 people dressed up to help raise money for a local charity. The Santas could ski and snowboard for free as long as they were dressed in costume. Participants had to have one red Santa hat (including a white pompom), a red Santa jacket and pants as well as a beard and a $10 donation for the Bethel, Maine Rotary Club. The organization hosts an annual drive to provide gifts to the area's children in need. Pat Wellenbach/AP/FILE
At a zoo in China's Hubei province, a worker dressed as Santa attempted to ride an ostrich in Wuhan on Dec. 14. AP/FILE
Over 2,000 people participated in a charity event, including a 100-meter speed run, with competitors dressed in Santa costumes as they ran around the Inner Alster lake in Hamburg, Germany, on Dec. 14, 2008. While the record for the largest Santa run was not broken (Liverpool, England had the record with 3,921 Santas in 2005), the group did raise 22,500 euros for charity. Christian Charisius/Reuters/FILE
Thousands of people in Porto, Portugal, staged a parade earlier this month in an attempt to to break the Guinness world record for the most people dressed up as Santa Claus. Paulo Duarte/AP/FILE
Romanians crowded downtown Bucharest, Romania, on Dec. 21, 2008 during an attempt to set a new world record by gathering 4,000 people dressed as Santa Claus. According to local media, they achieved the goal with 3,959 people marching in the city. Vadim Ghirda/AP/FILE
Two Schnauzers, Bacchus (l.) and Irish, posed for a fundraising event in suburban Manila on Dec. 14, 2008. The event was organized to help an animal rehabilitation center for over 500 dogs and cats, which had been rescued from cruelty or neglect. Aaron Favila/AP/FILE
A French anti-fur group 'Fur Torture,' dressed in Santa Claus costumes and demonstrated in Nice, France, on Dec. 13, 2008, protesting the horrors and suffering of animals in the fur industry as they asked Christmas shoppers to make a compassionate choice in their gift giving. Lionel Cironneau/AP/FILE
Police passed by a group of men dressed in Santa Claus costumes during a demonstration in central Athens on Dec. 23, 2008 as riots and violent demonstrations continued for the third consecutive week in Greece. The Dec. 6 shooting death of a 15-year-old has sparked the nation's worst riots in decades. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP/FILE
Divers swam in Santa Claus outfits through a fish tank at Seaworld Aquarium in Seoul on Dec. 23, 2008. Lee Jin-man/AP
On Dec. 7, 2008, in Zurich, Switzerland, swimmers participated in a Christmas swimming event where they swam across the Limmat river in various festive costumes. Christian Hartmann/Reuters
People dressed as Santa, Mrs. Claus, and elves took a break at Kalahari Resort's wave pool on Dec. 23, 2008 at the Kalahari Resort-Sandusky's 173,000 square-foot indoor water park. It is America's largest indoor water park in Sandusky, Ohio. J.D. Pooley/Kalahari Resorts/AP/FILE
A man dressed as Santa did some shopping in New York City in early December 2008. Mike Segar/Reuters/FILE
Employees of Yomiuri Land in Tokyo dressed in costumes and enjoyed a ride at the amusement part on Dec. 7, 2008. Yuriko Nakao/Reuters/FILE
At a Christmas market in Stuttgart, Germany, children from a daycare center rode on a miniature railway driven by Marcel Tamas (c.), on Dec. 12, 2008. Thomas Kienzle/AP
More than 100 volunteers dressed in Santa costumes with green balloons and launched an event to visit and give Christmas gifts to prematurely born babies in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 17, 2008. Ahn Young-joon/AP/FILE
Members of the Philippine National Police wore Santa hats during the launch of Santa Cop 2008. Around 200 policemen in their distinctive hats were deployed on Dec. 2 to malls and other crowded areas to enhance their visibility as part of crime prevention efforts during the holiday season. Romeo Ranoco/Reuters/FILE
At M&T Christmas Trees in Sandy, Utah, a man dressed as Santa relaxed with reindeer during a snow storm. Michael Brandy/Deserert News/AP/FILE
A protester demonstrates on a street during the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Dec. 16. Christian Charisius/Reuters
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed hundreds of thousands of his cheering supporters in Istanbul saying, 'My patience has run out' with anti-government protests.
Turkey’s largest city was divided on Sunday by competing shows of force, between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who staged a mammoth rally of loyalists, and anti-government demonstrators, who clashed with police on Istanbul's streets once again to protest his rule.
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