ADVERTISEMENT

Santa Claus

Now playing Next

'Warm the soul': Christmas gifts for Ukrainian troops

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

TOP TAGS

OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 FRANCE PARIS OLYMPICS EUROPEAN UNION KAMALA HARRIS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DONALD TRUMP

More about this topic

Now playing Next

Watch: Firefighters dress as Santa and his elves to deliver presents to sick children

One member of the Greater Athens Fire Service dangled from a fire engine's crane as he brought Christmas gifts to young cancer patients at the Agia Sofia hospital. Others abseiled down the side of a hospital building to hand out presents to children unable to make it outside.

23/12/2022

Now playing Next

Watch: Peruvian police get 'festive' in a routine drugs bust

A gang of drug dealers in Peru get a nasty surprise when Santa and a merry band of elves break down their door, cuff them and seize their merchandise in a highly unusual raid.

20/12/2022

Now playing Next

Santa Claus delivers presents in the Amazon

A charity aims to give presents to 4,500 children in poor communities along Brazil's Amazon by sending Santa Claus to see them on a river boat.

19/12/2022

Now playing Next

Almost 1,000 cycling santas gather in Rome

The cyclists met in front of the Colosseum and rode their bikes to raise money for cancer treatment.

18/12/2022

ADVERTISEMENT

Now playing Next

Watch: Santa makes special delivery to Budapest shark tank

A scuba diver dressed as Santa Claus has delighted onlookers by setting up Christmas decorations at the Tropicarium Shark Zoo in Budapest, Hungary.

07/12/2022

Now playing Next

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Santa Run, Stollen festival or an iconic Christmas market? Germany and Italy are kicking off the festive season with the return of some beloved traditions which had been put on hold due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

05/12/2022

Now playing Next

Copenhagen’s winter wonderland twinkles with a million lights

Get into the festive spirit and get hyggeligt at Tivoli gardens this Christmas.

05/12/2022

Now playing Next

Watch: Santas paddle through Strasbourg in France

These Santas swapped their sleighs and reindeers for oars and boats and swept down the Alsatian capital

04/12/2022

Now playing Next

Santa Claus students graduate in Brazil

Students graduate from Brazil’s School of Santa Claus ahead of the Christmas season

27/10/2022

Now playing Next

Brazil's Santa Claus school ends another Christmas season

The Santa Claus School of Brazil closes another Christmas season with a traditional lunch.

28/12/2021

Now playing Next

Santa Claus climbs down building to visit children in a Spanish hospital

Children spending the holidays in a hospital in Barcelona get a much-needed boost from a firefighter dressed as Santa Claus, who greets them from outside a hospital window while hanging from a climbing rope outside the building, due to strict pandemic rules restricting visitors

23/12/2021

Now playing Next

Santa Claus or Spiderman? Kids spending Xmas in hospital get a treat

A firefighter dressed as Santa Claus climbed down the wall of a children's hospital in Barcelona to surprise those spending Christmas there.

23/12/2021

Now playing Next

NGO brings holiday cheer to Sao Paulo homeless

Santa Claus delivered a bit of Christmas cheer Tuesday to homeless people in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, where thousands live in gritty and harsh conditions in the streets.

22/12/2021

Now playing Next

Santa Claus roams Christian town of Iraq, "putting smiles on children's faces"

Locals dressed up as Santa Claus roam the streets of al-Hamdaniya, a Christian town overrun by the Islamic State group in 2014, in the Nineveh governorate of Iraq, distributing sweets to children to "put a smile on their faces".

21/12/2021

Now playing Next

Santa visits children in Amazon riverine communities

Santa Claus went around the Solimões River Saturday, stopping at riverine communities along the jungle shoreline in the Amazon basin to bring gifts for the children and Christmas cheer for everyone else.

19/12/2021

Now playing Next

Christmas festivities in full swing at Santa Claus Village in Lapland

Father Christmas is busy at work preparing presents for children all around the world. Luckily for everyone, he's been granted 'key worker' access to deliver his gifts.

15/12/2021

Now playing Next

In photos: This sloppy Christmas tradition returns to New York

Thousands of drunken Santas, elves and snowmen descended on the streets of New York City.

15/12/2021

Now playing Next

Hundreds of would-be Santa Claus run down Athens to raise money

This year's Santa Run was the first since 2019 after the event was canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

13/12/2021

Now playing Next

Italian diocese apologises after bishop says Santa doesn't exist

A Roman Catholic diocese in Sicily apologised after reports emerged that a bishop had told children that Santa did not exist.

11/12/2021

Now playing Next

Skiing Santas hit the slopes in Maine

Over 200 skiers and snowboarders dressed as Santa Claus took to the slopes of Maine on Sunday for charity.

06/12/2021