Photos: Santa Claus – He really gets around!
December 20, 2012
Santa arrives for a visit to Lupita's Restaurant in Aurora, CO, Saturday December 18, 2010. Santa Claus was flown to the restaurant in a helicopter, by Rotors of the Rockies for the 5th year. Owner Betty Oxley has been throwing a Christmas celebration for area children for 16 years. She says it started with Santa coming and sitting on the floor with children and has grown considerably over the years. She said, "One day I was talking with a friend of mine, Bill, he's a pilot. I said it would be nice to bring Santa in on a helicopter. Don't you have connections?" Bill Totten put Betty in touch with Rotors of the Rockies. She continues, "They never charged me a dime- they will not take anything. They're wonderful people." (Craig F. Walker/ The Denver Post)
Marc Quinlan, 30, dressed as Santa Claus fuels up at a 7-11 on Broadway on Wednesday, December 21, 2011. AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post
Dressed in a Santa Claus outfit, a diver feeds to sardines at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea, where over half of the population are Christians. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Capitol Hill police check an unidentified man dressed as Santa Claus with a metal detector as he enters the U.S. Capitol on his way to Speaker of the House John Boehner's office on December 12, 2012 in Washington, DC. The man was working with the group Catholics United, and wanted to urge Speaker of the House John Boehner to pass pending "fiscal cliff" legislation before Christmas. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
1,004 South Korean volunteers wearing Santa Claus costumes pose in a campaign to raise money for a charity donation in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea where over half of the population of 48 million are Christians. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Skiers and snowboarders dressed as Santa Claus ride up the ski lift, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002 at Sunday River in Newry, Maine. About 250 skiers turned up dressed as Santa to ski for free and raise money for the Bethel (Maine) Rotary Club's Annual Dinner for Families in Need. (AP Photo/Joel Page)
Roberto Schettini, dressed as Santa Claus, shows his empty pockets, Friday, Dec. 21, 2001, in Buenos Aires. A $132 billion debt crisis and four years of recession have left Argentina teetering on the edge of financial collapse and close to defaulting on its crushing debt burden. Many economists predict a default or a devaluation are now imminent as the economy shows few signs of regaining strength.(AP Photo/Walter Astrada)
A Santa Claus pulls a Christmas tree on December 12, 2012 in Mellensee, eastern Germany. PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images
A Santa Claus on his bike carries two kids through the village of Himmelpfort (Heaven's Gate) about 100 kilometres north of Berlin, Germany. There he opened a famous German Christmas mail office. Last year about 280.000 children wrote their wishes to the address "Santa Claus, Christmas post office, 16798 Himmelpfort, Germany". (AP Photo/Sven Kaestner)
In this Wednesday, 21, 2011, file photo, holiday travelers, including Donald Occimio of Mesa, Ariz., dressed as Santa Claus, and his wife Diane check in with customer service agent Angelee Arciniega, right, for their Southwest Airlines flight at the Terminal 4 ticketing area at Sky Harbor International Airport, in Phoenix. The 2012 Christmas travel season could be the busiest in six years, with AAA predicting that 93.3 million Americans will hit the road. That's 1.6 percent more than last year and just 400,000 people shy of the 2006 record. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Tom Tingle)
A man dressed as Santa Claus rides a motorcycle in Union Square on December 14, 2012 in San Francisco, California. With less than two weeks before Christmas, San Franciscans are getting into the holiday spirit. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Photographers gather to take pictures of metro driver Rolf Mitschker dressed as Santa Claus on December 23, 2008 at a station in Hanover, central Germany. Mitschker will wear his dress also during his shift on Christmas, December 24, AFP PHOTO DDP/NIGEL TREBLIN
This Dec. 10, 2009 file photo shows a San Francisco Police officer giving a man dressed as Santa Claus an open container ticket during the Santacon pub crawl in downtown San Francisco. SantaCon is coming to town _ in fact, to nearly 300 towns and cities around the world. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of red-suited revelers gather, bar hop, stop traffic and pose for photos. (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels, file)
A US soldier dressed as Santa Claus arrives with a helicopter at the Hammer base in southern Baghdad on Christmas eve, 24 December 2007. Christians around the world will celebrate Christmas tomorrow marking the birth of Jesus Christ. AFP PHOTO / ALI AL-SAADI
Members of the soccer teams of Angles and Santa Claus challenge for the ball during their charity Christmas soccer match in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. The charity match between a youth girls team and a 5th division Hamburg men's team is played as a fundraising match for the Uwe Seeler Foundation, and ended in a 10-10 draw. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)
Dressed as Santa Claus, Kerry Nistel water-skis past the Washington Monument on the frigid waters of the Potomac River December 24, 2004 in Arlington, Virginia. This is the 19th year Nistel has dressed as Santa and water-skied on Christmas Eve. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Maintenance worker Dagoberto Morale dressed as Santa Claus mops the milk and produce aisle at a food store Thursday. Dec. 13, 2001 in El Paso, Texas. He said he donned the Santa suit with the hopes of spreading cheer to store visitors. (AP Photo/El Paso Times, Victor Calzada)
A man dressed as Santa Claus visits the Southern College of Optometry where he received an eye examination in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. After his exam he visited with children who were also there to get their eyes examined. The college was hoping to instill the importance of good eye care in their young patients. Dr. Daniel Taylor did his exam. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Karen Pulfer Focht)
In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Klaus Chroszielewski, dressed as Santa Claus, competes in the National Walk the Plank contest Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, in Key West, Fla. The Baltimore resident defended his 2010 title in the competition that was a facet of Key West's annual Pirates in Paradise festival that ends Sunday. Contestants were judged on their pleas, costuming, plank-walking style and splash. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Bert Budde)
Shawne Merriman #56 of the San Diego Chargers enters the game with Santa Claus looking on during the first half of their NFL game against the Denver Broncos at Qualcomm Stadium December 24, 2007 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Donald Miralle/Getty Images)
Skydivers in Santa Claus costumes dive in formation over Sydney to launch the new festive experiences range by an Australian online experience company, at Picton on December 17, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. The gift experience company's festive offerings include tandem skydives with Santa, Bondi Bash with Santa boating experience, a trip to the North Pole to find Santa and snowmobiling in Lapland. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
Santa Claus on his harley leads a pack of riders in the Rocky Mountain Harley Davison 15th annual Toy Run to Childrens Hospital which included local police motorcade. The ride started at the Rocky Mountain Harley Davidson store on County Line Rd and paraded down Broadway to the hospital. This years ride produced more than 1,500 riders who donated 5,000-10,000 toys, 10 t.v. vcr combos, 10 web t.v.'s and 30 red wagons for the hospital.
Santa and his crew will be on board the Santa Claus Special.
A man dressed as Santa Claus walks down Geary Street on December 14, 2012 in San Francisco, California. With less than two weeks before Christmas, San Franciscans are getting into the holiday spirit. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Santa Claus poses with the Indian Pacific on December 4, 2009 in Cook, Australia. The Great Southern Railway's Indian Pacific travels the 4,352km between Sydney and Perth twice a week, crossing three states and includes the world's longest stretch of straight railway track on the Nullarbor Plain. Now in its ninth year, the Indian Pacific Outback Christmas Journey takes 65 hours to reach its destination while travelling through the Australian Outback to support remote regional communities as well as the Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service. (Photo by Ashlee Ralla/Getty Images)
A man dressed as Santa Claus rides a motorcycle in Union Square on December 14, 2012 in San Francisco, California. With less than two weeks before Christmas, San Franciscans are getting into the holiday spirit. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
'Santa Claus' Bob Greathouse, takes a day off from his busy holiday schedule for a morning of fishing at Chaparral Lake in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1999. Santa's bait of choice? A candy cane, of course. (AP photo/the Tribune, Irwin R. Daugherty)
Gordie Blevins, dressed as Santa Claus for a breakfast with Santa event in Red Lodge, Mont. Saturday, December 1, 2007, carries a shovel across Broadway after shoveling the sidewalks in front of his businesses. The Red Lodge and Billings area received at least one inch of snow Saturday. (AP Photo/The Gazette, Casey Riffe )
Santa Claus opens his coat to reveal a Matt Schaub jersey at Reliant Stadium on December 16, 2012 in Houston, Texas. Texans win 29-17 to clinch the AFC South. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
An Oakland Raiders fan dressed as Santa Claus in the stands during the second quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs at O.co Coliseum on December 16, 2012 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Jason O. Watson/Getty Images)
A diver in Santa Claus costume rides a bicycle inside a shark tank at the Sea World in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 19,2008. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Heidi Klum, dressed as Cleopatra, poses with Santa Claus during her Haunted Holiday Party benefiting Superstorm Sandy relief efforts, on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 in New York. Klum's original party, scheduled to be held on Halloween, was postponed due to the storm. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Icelandic philantropist Einar Sveinsson, dressed as Santa Claus, speaks with a patient at the oncology ward during a visit to the Benjamin Bloom National Children Hospital, in San Salvador, on December 11, 2012. Sveinsson visits the hospital prior to Christmas every year since 2001 to give gifts to the patients. Jose CABEZAS/AFP/Getty Images
Season to Share Santa Claus arrives on an Aurora Fire Department engine. The Children's Hospital's 26th annual Toy Run brought together hundreds of motorcycle enthusiasts to bring thousands of toys for sick children at the hospital today, Sunday December 4th, 2011. The toy run is a long-standing Children's tradition where motorcyclists travel together to the hospital, delivering armfuls of toys to brighten patient's spirits for the holiday season. The ride starts in Aurora at the Aurora Sports Park and travels to Children's where armfuls of toys are donated to the sick children. Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
Rickshaw drivers dressed in Santa Claus costumes transport customers in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. The drivers rode customers through the streets of Tokyo as part of a one-day promotional event hosted by French leisure intermediation company Smart&Co. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
A Santa Claus rides with Christmas presents on December 12, 2012 in Mellensee, eastern Germany. PATRICK PLEUL/AFP/Getty Images
A Santa Claus walks through a toy store in Lille, northern France, on December 15, 2012. PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images
Santa Claus rappels the letter "D" in the landmark DENVER sign at the Denver Pavilions in downtwon Denver to let folks know he is getting ready for the holidays. The marquee is 147 feet wide and 35 feet, 6 inches high at its highest point. Each letter in the word "Denver" weighs 3,000 pounds. DENVER POST / KATHRYN SCOTT OSLER
Steve Stevens of Golden dresses as Santa Claus rides his bike down downtown Golden during their holiday parade through town. Steve belongs to a bike club called The Wheelmen. (DENVER POST PHOTO BY JOHN LEYBA )
A Santa Claus sits in a toy store in Lille, northern France, on December 15, 2012. PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images
A police officer dressed in a blue Santa Claus costume holds a sack and cane in the Macacos slum after arriving by police helicopter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The Pacifying Police Unit, or UPP, organized for Santa to visit the pacified slum to hand out Christmas gifts to young residents. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Members of the French anti-fur group "CAFT" (The Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade), dressed up as Santa Claus demonstrate on a beach to denounce the "horror and suffering that is hidden behind the glamor of fur", on December 15, 2012, in Nice, southeastern France. VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images
Dorinda Patterson, 55, left, and Richard Eaton, 66, asks if she would marry him, seconds before the was start of their wedding ceremony officiated, Capt. Glenn Rosenberger, dressed as Santa Claus, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at 12:12 p.m., in Royal Palm Beach, Fla. The couple has lived together for twelve years. (AP Photo/The Palm Beach Post, Bill Ingram)
People walk past a statue of Santa Claus placed at "25 de Marco" road in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 15, 2012. The road 25 de Marco is known as the busiest shopping street, with retailers and wholesalers. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images
A performer dressed as Santa Claus performs a show during a Christmas sunday shopping in central Rome on December 16, 2012. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images
A man dressed as Santa Claus scuba dives in a pool in Guadalajara Zoo Aquarium in Guadalajara, Mexico on December 16, 2012. HECTOR GUERRERO/AFP/Getty Images
A fan of Corinthians disguised as Santa Claus waits for the team arrival at Guarulhos airport, in surburb of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on December 18, 2012. Copa Libertadores Champion Corinthians beat UEFA Champion Chelsea FC on December 16, in Yokohama, Japan. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images
Skydivers in Santa Claus costumes dive in formation over Sydney to launch the new festive experiences range by an Australian online experience company, at Picton on December 17, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. The gift experience company's festive offerings include tandem skydives with Santa, Bondi Bash with Santa boating experience, a trip to the North Pole to find Santa and snowmobiling in Lapland. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
A man dressed up as Santa Claus is seen during the 64th pre-Christmas swim in Nice, southern France, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Girls dressed as Santa Claus participate in the annual Santa Claus parade, Sunday Dec. 14, 2008 in Porto, Portugal. Thousands staged a parade in an attempt to break the Guinness book of records of most people dressed as Santa Claus. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)
A diver dressed as Santa Claus feeds sharks at Manly Sea Life Sanctuary in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
A couple dressed as Santa Claus walk to the nordic skiing arena as an athlete trains before the World Cup ski jumping team HS 142 on November 28, 2008, in Kuusamo-Ruka . AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN
South Korean postmen wearing Santa Claus outfits ride motorbikes to deliver Christmas gifts to poor people for their charity campaign in Seoul on December 21, 2009. The donations will last for four days with 40 selected "Santa postmen". AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE
Buffalo Bills Cheerleaders dress as Santa Claus for the game against Denver Broncos at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, Friday, December 24, 2011. Buffalo won 40-14. Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post
Kyrgyz Father Frosts (the Russian name for Santa Claus) ride yaks as they take part in a New Year parade in Bishkek, 30 December 2007. AFP PHOTO / VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO
Austin Gibney of Mt. Crested Butte, Colo. dressed as The Grinch snowboarding as he steals the powder from skier Ben Somrak of Crested Butte, dressed as Santa Claus, as they both enjoy the first day of winter at Crested Butte, Colo., on Sat., Dec. 22, 2007. (Photo/Nathan Bilow, courtesy of Crested Butte Mountain Resort)
A steel worker of ArcelorMittal dressed as Santa Claus, waves his union flag as he demonstrates against job cuts outside the company's French headquarters outside Paris, Wednesday Dec. 10, 2008. The Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel maker, said last week it is looking to cut 9,000 jobs through voluntary agreements, shedding around 3 percent of its global workforce in response to the economic downturn. ArcelorMittal has over 326,000 employees in more than 60 countries. On flag reads: CGT for union Confederation General du Travail (Working General Confederation). (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
A person dressed as Santa Claus sells balloons at the Christmas market fair in Plaza Mayor Square on December 14, 2012 in Madrid, Spain. Many businesses are starting sales and discounts before Christmas to try and gain customers during the current economic crisis. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)
View of a sand sculpture depicting Santa Claus at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeirro, Brazil on December 12, 2012. High temperatures -35 to 38 degrees celcius- during the end of the spring, have taken citizens and tourists to the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images
A man dressed in Santa Claus feeds a killer whale (Orcinus orca) named "Valentin", at the animal exhibition park Marineland in Antibes, southern France, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Children dressed as Santa Klaus walk around the entertainment park Europa in the southern German village of Rust 01 December 2007. As soon as the Christmas decorations come out of storage, the perennial German debate heats up -- to shop or not to shop on Sundays? While most of western Europe allowed stores to open on Sunday years ago, it remains a highly sensitive issue in Germany. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN
This photo provided by Crested Butte Mountain Resort shows Todd Robinson of Gunnison, Colo. dressed as Santa Claus while skiing powder snow in the Colorado Rockies at Crested Butte, Colo., the day before Christmas, Wednesday, Dec., 24, 2008. The West Elk range of the Rockies are in the background. (AP Photo/Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Nathan Bilow)
Lon Uncapher of Parker played Santa Claus for the kids at Chrildren's Hospital, where he arrived on his Harley along with hundreds of other Harley riders to participate in the 13th Annual Harley Toy Run. The riders give toys to the kids in the hospital so that they don't miss out on the joys of Christmas. Uncapher has been Santa since the event began 13 years ago. 'It makes me feel good to make others feel good. I've had a good life and Im able to pay back, so I don't mind sharing.' Photographer: Crissy Pascual / THE DENVER POST
Santa Claus and Keke Palmer celebrate the December 11th Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD release of ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT at the Beverly Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2012. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Taubman Shopping Centers across the country have partnered to commemorate "National Signing Santa Day" and the industry first Blu-ray special feature with picture-in-picture sign language interpretation.(Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision for Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment / AP Images)
Students join sand sculpture artists to create a 30-meter-long (100-foot-long) Santa Claus sculpture on the Puri golden beach, in the Indian state of Orissa on the eve of Christmas, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006. Though Hindus and Muslims comprise the majority of the population in India, Christmas is celebrated with much fanfare. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)
Children dressed as Santa Claus participate in a peace march on the eve of Christmas in Amritsar, India, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A US soldier poses as she sits on a lap of man dressed as Santa Claus at al-Faw palace at Camp Victory at the airport in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Junya Kono, left, and Tomoharu Fujimaki, window cleaner dressed as Santa Claus and reindeer clean a window at a shopping mall in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya second from right, and someone dressed as Santa Claus present Amir ìKingî Khan, left, and Carlos Molina, right, during a boxing news conference in Los Angeles Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Khan and Molina are scheduled to fight in a junior welterweight bout on Saturday at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Picture taken on February 24, 2008 shows a Santa Claus riding a yak at an international coalition of Santa Clauses 400 km from Bishkek in the town Karakol. Santa Clauses arrived from Russia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Denmark to particpate in the first ever "International Santa Claus Festival". AFP PHOTO / VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO
Santa Claus, a.k.a Lorene Keehr, does stretching exercises to stay warm as she greets passing motorists in front of Simonson Station Store in Grand Forks, N.D., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1998. (AP Photo/Grand Forks Herald, Eric Hylden)
A Palestinian demonstrator dressed as Santa Claus uses a sling-shot to hurl stones at Israeli border police during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah, Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. Israel says the barrier is necessary for security while Palestinians call it a land grab.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
An Israeli soldier points his finger at journalists as a Palestinian protestor dressed as Santa Claus or Father Christmas holds a Palestinian flag during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier in the village of Maasarah near the biblical West Bank town of Bethlehem on December 19, 2008. Israel says the barrier, a projected 723 kilometres (454 miles) of steel and concrete walls, fences and barbed wire is needed for security, while Palestinians view it as a land grab that undermines their promised state. AFP PHOTO/MUSA AL-SHAER
In this photo taken on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012 Roger Kessler of Dover Township stalls his motorcycle in a parade of other Santa Claus-garbed motorcyclists riding through the Wal-mart in West Manchester Township, Pa. "Spreading the Cheer" is a group of motorcyclists who dress up as Santa Claus and elves and ride throughout York County to make people smile wherever they show up. (AP Photo/York Daily Record/Sunday News, Chris Dunn)
Brady White as Santa Claus drives a Customized Cupcake Car with Lisa Pongrace, and Greg Solberg, rear, at the unveiling of luxury retailer Neiman Marcus' Christmas Book Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, in Dallas. The cars are powered by a 24-volt electric motor and cost $25K. (AP Photo/Tim Sharp)
The 2012 Ferrari FF is presented by Brady White portraying Santa Claus during the unveiling of the Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog in Dallas, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The sports car priced at $395,000 jumps from 0 to 60 in less than 3.7 seconds and reaches top speeds of over 200 MPH but delivery is not promised until Spring of 2012. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
A Tennessee Titans fan dressed as Santa Claus holds his beer as he cheers in the first quarter of an NFL football game against the St. Louis Rams on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
Eighteen-month-old Riley Flannery screams for his mother while sitting on Santa's knee at the Shoppers Mall in Brandon, Man., Canada on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Brandon Sun-Tim Smith via the Canadian Press, Tim Smith)
A dog is dressed up in a Santa Claus costume during the inauguration of Christmas celebrations in Athens' main Syntagma Square, on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. Instead of the customary tree, this year the crisis-ravaged Greek capital will sport an assortment of smaller concept trees arranged on a scaffold. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Danny Nichols, breaks into tears at the thought of sitting on Santa's lap during a visit to Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City, Dec. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim Beckel)
Santa Claus, portrayed by Dan Harman, is driven to the Noyes Home in St. Joseph, Mo., by Joyce Canfield on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2001. The Freedom of the Road Riders motorcycle club has been giving the children at the home a Christmas party on the first Sunday in November the past 20 years. The children get presents and a chance to look at and ride the motorcycles and to see Santa arrive in a motorcycle side car. The group drove through the city on the way to the children's home. (AP Photo/Ival Lawhon Jr.)
3rd annual professional Santa Claus Reunion & Rally held at the Northglenn Recreation Center. These Santas practices their 'ho, ho, ho's', several dance steps, recited 'The Night Before Christmas', and were sworn in as official Santas by Susen Mesco, President of American Events & Promotions (the company that held this event). Here, Mesco leads the group of Santas, a raindeer, and Mrs. Claus' in a dance step. Photographer: Barry Staver/ The Denver Post
This Dec. 11, 2010 file photo shows people dressed in Santa Claus outfits at Trafalgar Square in London as part of the annual Santacon. SantaCon is coming to town _ in fact, to nearly 300 towns and cities around the world. Dozens, sometimes hundreds of red-suited revelers gather, barhop, stop traffic and pose for photos. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, file)
Santa Claus gets his uniform ready during a Santa Claus School graduation ceremony at the Red Lion Inn on Monday, September 5, 2011. AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post
A climber dressed as Santa Claus foregoes his normal transportation of reindeers and a sleigh and rappels down the side of the Landmark Office Building in downtown Stamford, Connecticut 11 December during a pre-Christmas event. AFP PHOTO/Timothy CLARY
Therapist John Pettingill, dressed as Santa Claus, reaches out to Reece Gonzalez, 5, during the Sensitive Santa Program at Touchstone Behavioral Health in Mesa on Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. Touchstone Behavioral Health brought its Sensitive Santa to Mesa on Monday and will make him available for free visits by autistic children. To see Sensitive Santa, children aren't forced to wait in lines, and the environment is quiet and calm. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Charlie Leight)
A delivery person drives a motorcycle wearing Santa Claus costume in Old Quarter neighborhood in Hanoi, Vietnam, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. Vietnam has about 6 million Catholics, the second largest in Southeast Asia after the Philippines. Santa Claus and Christmas trees are popular in Vietnam. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)
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