Palestinian Issa Kassissieh, dressed as Santa Claus, poses for a picture as he rides a camel at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, a few weeks before the upcoming holiday of Christmas on December 6, 2022. In Jerusalem's Old City there are dozens of churches, but as Christmas beckons there is just one Santa Claus, or Father Christmas – a towering Palestinian former basketball player. Each December, the streets sparkle green and red as Christian pilgrims and others arrive to celebrate Christmas in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem. (Photo by Ahmad Gharabli/AFP Photo)





Dubai residents dressed in their festive finest and competed to find out who was the fastest at The Dubai Festival City Santa Fun Run on December 10, 2022. (Photo by Antonie Robertson/The National)





Santa runs past commuters as he attends a Christmas photo-call at Hamleys toy store, in London, Britain on September 29, 2022. (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Reuters)





A man dressed as a Santa Claus, makes his first appearance of the year at the German Christmas post office in Himmelpfort, Germany on November 15, 2022. (Photo by Christian Mang/Reuters)





A Santa Claus figurine is seen in a shopping trolley as a customer shops in a supermarket in Nice, France on November 30, 2022. (Photo by Eric Gaillard/Reuters)





A diver wearing a Santa Claus costume feeds fishes in a large tank during an underwater performance for the upcoming Christmas celebration at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan on December 1, 2022. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





A firefighter dressed as Saint Nicholas abseils from the roof of a children's medical unit of a the UKE hospital to deliver presents to children in Hamburg, Germany on December 6, 2022. (Photo by Fabian Bimmer/Reuters)





A Palestinian dressed as Santa Claus shakes hands with children during a celebration in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on December 4, 2022. (Photo by Mussa Qawasma/Reuters)





Polish counter-terrorism police officers hang outside windows to deliver presents to patients on Saint Nicholas Day, as they abseil down from the roof of a children's hospital in Rzeszow, Poland on December 6, 2022. (Photo by Podkarpacka Policja/Handout via Reuters)





Runners dressed in Father Christmas attire prepare to take part in the annual five-kilometre Santa Dash in Liverpool, northwest England, on December 4, 2022. Many runners opt to wear a blue suit, typically supporters of Everton Football Club, rather than a red one, as red is the colour of their bitter rivals Liverpool Football Club. The Liverpool Santa Dash is the biggest and longest established Santa Run in the UK, with approximately 5500 runners taking part. (Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP Photo)





A man dressed as Santa Claus looks on next to a woman dressed as an angel during the annual meeting of the rent-a-Santa Claus service in Berlin, Germany on November 27, 2022. (Photo by Christian Mang/Reuters)





Police officers stand around “Extinction Rebellion” activists detained following an action to denounce the government's environmental policy on the eve of the start in Montreal of the COP15 biodiversity summit in Paris, on December 6, 2022. (Photo by Anna Kurth/AFP Photo)





People dressed in Santa Claus costumes walk at a parking during the 12th edition of the Santa Claus "Papa Noel" rally in Turin on December 4, 2022. This charity event has been organized by “Forma Onlus” (Regina Margherita Children's Hospital Foundation) to raise founds for the pediatric healthcare facility. (Photo by Marco Bertorello/AFP Photo)





Issa Kassissieh dressed as Santa Claus greets people at the Damascus gate of the Old City of Jerusalem, 06 December 2022, as part of Christmas preparations. (Photo by Atef Safadi/EPA/EFE)





Motorcyclists dressed as Father Christmas take part in a fundraising tour for a children’s hospice in southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. (Photo by Uwe Anspach/Avalon)





Graduates from Brazil's School of Santa Claus pose for a picture outside the Maracana stadium after the graduation ceremony in Rio de Janeiro on October 26, 2022. Most of the students are learning this new profession as an option to look for jobs during Christmas season. (Photo by Mauro Pimentel/AFP Photo)





Participants dressed as Father Christmas inspect other VW Camper vans adorned with Christmas decorations ahead of the New Forest VW Santa Run at Beaulieu Motor Museum, UK on Sunday, November 27, 2022. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images)





A man dressed as Santa Claus lights a Christmas tree on City Hall square in Copenhagen, Denmark, on November 27, 2022. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





People dressed in Santa Claus costumes take part in the annual christmas run in Michendorf, on December 4, 2022. (Photo by John McDougall/AFP Photo)





Issa Kassissieh walks in a Santa Claus costume during Christmas season on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on December 6, 2022. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)