santas everywhere

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They come in all shapes and sizes, donning the iconic red suit and hat that symbolize modern-day Christmas.

Some run races, scuba dive, direct traffic, ski, or even rock-climb to show off their holiday cheer.

A Lebanese woman wearing a Santa Claus costume sings during a Christmas event, in downtown Beirut on Dec. 19.

A member of the Mountain Rescue Service dressed in a Santa Claus suit descends from the roof of a pediatrics clinic in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

A diver dressed in a Santa Claus costume performs with sardines at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 9.

South Korean Ssenggom rock climbing club members wearing Santa Claus costumes rock-climbing during an event on Dobong mountain near Seoul, South Korea Dec. 19.

A fan dressed as Santa Claus walks through Qualcomm Stadium with a sign on Dec. 20 in San Diego.

Jose de Deus, wearing a Santa Claus costume, arrives at Santa Rosa community to distribute presents to children, on the shores of the Amazon River in rural Manaus, Brazil, on Dec. 19.

A member of the Langland Board Surfers group takes part in a Surfing Santa competition at Langland Bay in Gower, Wales, on Dec. 19.

Lebanese men and women wearing Santa Claus costumes play music for people during a Christmas event, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Dec. 19.

Vietnamese teenagers wearing Santa Claus costumes gather in a street in preparation to deliver presents to children in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Dec. 23.

A man dressed as Father Frost, equivalent of Santa Claus, helps a woman to carry products she bought on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, on Dec. 23.

A view from backstage as Santa Claus, played by Charles Edward Hall, prepares to go onstage during the 2015 Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall on Dec. 2.

Israeli-Arab Issa Kassissieh wears a Santa Claus costume as he walks atop a wall surrounding Jerusalem's Old City during an annual Christmas tree distribution by the Jerusalem municipality on Dec. 21.

Actor John Field, dressed as Santa Claus, rests between performances on a City Cruises boat on the River Thames in London, Britain, on Nov. 28.

A man dressed in a Santa Claus outfit performs in the Shiite holy city of Najaf on Dec. 17.

A man dressed as Santa Claus performs a stunt with bicycles on ice, in Changchun, Jilin province, China on Dec. 15.

A man dressed as Santa riding a scooter on his way back from a Christmas party near Laubbach, Germany, on Dec. 3.

Thousands of runners dressed in Santa Claus outfits compete in the annual Carrera de Papa Noel (Santa Claus Run), in Madrid, Spain, on Dec. 12.

A man dressed as Santa Claus drives an old Fiat 500 car at Piazza Venezia square in central Rome on Dec. 13.

Skiers and snowboarders dressed as Santa take a run en masse at the Sunday River ski resort on Dec. 6 in Newry, Maine.

People in various forms of Santa Claus costumes play a game of basketball at the start of SantaCon in Brooklyn, New York, on Dec. 12.

A man dressed as Santa Claus stands in front of Germany's biggest Christmas tree, illuminated by 48,000 lights at the traditional Christmas market in Dortmund, Germany, on Nov. 23.

People wearing Santa Claus costumes participate in the 2nd Rossmann Santa Run in Budapest, Hungary, on Dec. 6.

Children at a migrant shelter stand in line to receive presents from a volunteer dressed as Santa Claus on Dec. 14 in Berlin, Germany.

A little boy fell asleep on Santa's lap during a visit to a shopping mall in Evansville, Ind. and Santa joined him.