Iraqi youths dressed in Father Christmas suits walk through the streets of the old city of Mosul as they distribute gifts, on December 26, 2018. Iraq on December 10 marked the first anniversary since declaring victory in its three-year war against the Islamic State (IS) group, which had left the country's former second city and the jihadists' capital in ruin. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP Photo)





Chase the Pudding, a 5km race along Weymouth beach with runners dressed as Santa, took place on Sunday to raise money for a local charity, the Will Mackaness Trust in Dorset, UK on December 16, 2018. (Photo by Finbarr Webster/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A man dressed as Santa Claus stands on the shore during the traditional Christmas season swim in Nice, France, December 16, 2018. (Photo by Eric Gaillard/Reuters)





Volunteer diver George Bell, dressed as Santa Claus, waves to children after speaking inside the Philippine Coral Reef tank at The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Thursday, December 13, 2018. The California Academy of Sciences launched its holiday festivities Thursday by having a diver dressed as Santa Claus submerge into a coral reef exhibit while dozens of children watched from behind the glass. (Photo by Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)





Belarusians dressed as Santa Clauses and other Christmas characters take part in the country's first Santa Run around a lake in Minsk, Belarus December 15, 2018. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters)





Russian emergency rescue workers dressed as Ded Moroz (Santa Claus, or Father Frost ) scale the wall of a children hospital in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, December 27, 2018. The action marked the approach of the New Year. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo)





A man dressed in a Santa Claus outfit touring a popular neighbourhood on the outskirts of the Iraqi central city of Najaf, takes children on a ride in a tuktuk on December 25, 2018. (Photo by Haidar Hamdani/AFP Photo)





A woman walks past a giant Santa Claus poster at Jumeirah Beach Residence in Dubai on December 25, 2018. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace/AFP Photo)





Indian schoolchildren dressed as Santa Claus pose as they take part in a Christmas event at a school in Chennai on December 5, 2018. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)





A diver dressed as Santa Claus feeds a zebra shark inside a fish tank at the Malta National Aquarium in Qawra, Malta December 12, 2018. (Photo by Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)





A worker waves as he cleans the windows of a building, dressed as Santa Claus, in Concon, Chile December 22, 2018. (Photo by Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters)





A firefighter dressed as Santa Claus is seen during the annual gift-giving event organized by the Fire Department, in which they hand out items donated throughout the year to children in need, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, December 24, 2018. (Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters)





Joulupukki, Finland's Santa Claus waves as he arrives at Budapest Airport, Hungary, November 29, 2018. (Photo by Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)





Harley Davidson bikers dressed as Santa Claus are seen in Zurich, Switzerland on December 1, 2018. (Photo by Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters)





A diver dressed as Santa Claus swims with sardines during a promotional event for Christmas in Seoul, South Korea, December 7, 2018. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Members of the “Skipper” yacht club dressed as Father Frost, or Ded Moroz, Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, and his granddaughter Snegurochka (Snow Maiden) sail a yacht along the Yenisei river while marking the end of the sailboat season, with the air temperature at about –17 degrees Celsius, outside Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia December 8, 2018. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)





Santa Claus reacts as (L) Tami McEleney and (R) Patrice Conner whisper in his ear at the King of Prussia Mall, United States' largest retail shopping space, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 8, 2018. (Photo by Mark Makela/Reuters)





Driver and councilman Edilson Santos, 50, who is known as “Fumassa”, wears a Santa Claus costume as he drives a bus decorated with Christmas ornaments in Santo Andre, Brazil December 9, 2018. (Photo by Amanda Perobelli/Reuters)





People take a selfie with man dressed like a Santa Claus as police officers patrol outside the cathedral in Strasbourg, eastern France, Friday, December 14, 2018. The man authorities believe killed three people during a rampage near a Christmas market in Strasbourg died Thursday in a shootout with police at the end of a two-day manhunt, French authorities said. (Photo by Christophe Ena/AP Photo)





A Congolese Santa Claus waits to pose with children in Kinshasa, Congo, Tuesday Decenber 25, 2018. Traditionally Congolese dress up and take to the parks on Christmas day, this time five days before scheduled presidential and general elections. (Photo by Jerome Delay/AP Photo)





Head aquarist Martin Hansel feeds the fish at Sea Life in Berlin in a Santa Claus costume in the Atlantic basin on December 4, 2018. The food consists of squid. (Photo by Jens Kalaene/dpa-Zentralbild Picture Alliance via Getty Images)





Fans dressed as Santa Claus dance behind the Oklahoma City Thunder bench in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Denver Nuggets Friday, December 14, 2018, in Denver. (Photo by David Zalubowsk/AP Photoi)





A protester dressed as Santa Claus takes part in a demonstration by the “yellow vests” movement in Paris, France, December 15, 2018. (Photo by Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)





A man dressed as Santa Claus is pictured at the Christmas market near the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) in Dresden, Germany, December 9, 2018. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)