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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Copenhagen’s winter wonderland twinkles with a million lights
Get into the festive spirit and get hyggeligt at Tivoli gardens this Christmas.
Watch: Santas paddle through Strasbourg in France
These Santas swapped their sleighs and reindeers for oars and boats and swept down the Alsatian capital
Santa Claus students graduate in Brazil
Students graduate from Brazil’s School of Santa Claus ahead of the Christmas season
Brazil's Santa Claus school ends another Christmas season
The Santa Claus School of Brazil closes another Christmas season with a traditional lunch.
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
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.