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A Hindu devotee wearing a Santa Claus costume walks after cleaning a part of the banks of the river Ganges in the northern Indian city of Allahabad December 23, 2014. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)

A Hindu devotee wearing a Santa Claus costume walks after cleaning a part of the banks of the river Ganges in the northern Indian city of Allahabad December 23, 2014. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)




A man walks past a window display of Lego for Christmas at a Saga Falabella department store in the Miraflores district of Lima, December 23, 2014. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)

A man walks past a window display of Lego for Christmas at a Saga Falabella department store in the Miraflores district of Lima, December 23, 2014. (Photo by Mariana Bazo/Reuters)




Women wearing bikinis and Santa Claus hats participate in a promotional event to celebrate the upcoming Christmas at a ski resort in Xuchang, Henan province, December 23, 2014. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Women wearing bikinis and Santa Claus hats participate in a promotional event to celebrate the upcoming Christmas at a ski resort in Xuchang, Henan province, December 23, 2014. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Women wearing bikinis and Santa Claus hats stand on a conveyor belt during a promotional event to celebrate the upcoming Christmas at a ski resort in Xuchang, Henan province, December 23, 2014. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Women wearing bikinis and Santa Claus hats stand on a conveyor belt during a promotional event to celebrate the upcoming Christmas at a ski resort in Xuchang, Henan province, December 23, 2014. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




Women wearing bikinis and Santa Claus hats participate in a promotional event to celebrate the upcoming Christmas at a ski resort in Xuchang, Henan province, December 23, 2014. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Women wearing bikinis and Santa Claus hats participate in a promotional event to celebrate the upcoming Christmas at a ski resort in Xuchang, Henan province, December 23, 2014. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




This picture taken on December 23, 2014 shows women in Santa Claus-themed bikinis skiing at a ski resort in Xuchang, central China's Henan province. Ten women wore Santa Claus-themed bikinis to welcome the coming Christmas in temperatures below zero Celsius. (Photo by AFP Photo)

This picture taken on December 23, 2014 shows women in Santa Claus-themed bikinis skiing at a ski resort in Xuchang, central China's Henan province. Ten women wore Santa Claus-themed bikinis to welcome the coming Christmas in temperatures below zero Celsius. (Photo by AFP Photo)




Women pose in Santa Claus-themed bikinis to promote ski resort on December 23, 2014 in Xuchang, China. (Photo by Feature China/Barcroft Media)

Women pose in Santa Claus-themed bikinis to promote ski resort on December 23, 2014 in Xuchang, China. (Photo by Feature China/Barcroft Media)




A man installs Christmas decorations atop a church on the eve of the Christmas in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 24, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)

A man installs Christmas decorations atop a church on the eve of the Christmas in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad December 24, 2014. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)




People dressed as Santa Claus and children's character Chanchita Pepa walk on a street, as a man gives a massage to a woman in Mexico City December 23, 2014. (Photo by Edgard Garrido/Reuters)

People dressed as Santa Claus and children's character Chanchita Pepa walk on a street, as a man gives a massage to a woman in Mexico City December 23, 2014. (Photo by Edgard Garrido/Reuters)




A security guard wearing a Santa Claus costume stands in front of the wall of the shopping mall in Beijing December 24, 2014. The shopping mall in Beijing deployed Santa Claus costumed guards in the mall to attract customers during the Christmas shopping season. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A security guard wearing a Santa Claus costume stands in front of the wall of the shopping mall in Beijing December 24, 2014. The shopping mall in Beijing deployed Santa Claus costumed guards in the mall to attract customers during the Christmas shopping season. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Security guards in Santa Claus costumes guide cars at a parking lot in front of a shopping mall in Beijing December 24, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Security guards in Santa Claus costumes guide cars at a parking lot in front of a shopping mall in Beijing December 24, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A security guard in Santa Claus costume calls a taxi for a customer in front of at a shopping mall in Beijing December 24, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A security guard in Santa Claus costume calls a taxi for a customer in front of at a shopping mall in Beijing December 24, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A vendor smokes a cigarette as he takes a break while he selling Christmas decorations at a shopping mall in Beijing December 24, 2014. Christmas is not a traditional festival in China but is growing in popularity, especially in more metropolitan areas where young people go out to celebrate, give gifts and decorate their homes. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A vendor smokes a cigarette as he takes a break while he selling Christmas decorations at a shopping mall in Beijing December 24, 2014. Christmas is not a traditional festival in China but is growing in popularity, especially in more metropolitan areas where young people go out to celebrate, give gifts and decorate their homes. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A window cleaner dressed as Santa Claus poses for pictures during an event to celebrate Christmas at a shopping mall in Tokyo December 24, 2014. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)

A window cleaner dressed as Santa Claus poses for pictures during an event to celebrate Christmas at a shopping mall in Tokyo December 24, 2014. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)




Window cleaners dressed as Santa Claus and a reindeer work during an event to celebrate Christmas at a shopping mall in Tokyo December 24, 2014. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)

Window cleaners dressed as Santa Claus and a reindeer work during an event to celebrate Christmas at a shopping mall in Tokyo December 24, 2014. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)




Window cleaners dressed as Santa Claus and a reindeer wave during an event to celebrate Christmas at a shopping mall in Tokyo December 24, 2014. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)

Window cleaners dressed as Santa Claus and a reindeer wave during an event to celebrate Christmas at a shopping mall in Tokyo December 24, 2014. (Photo by Yuya Shino/Reuters)




A student in a Santa Claus costume distributes sweets amongst school children during Christmas celebrations in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh December 24, 2014. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)

A student in a Santa Claus costume distributes sweets amongst school children during Christmas celebrations in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh December 24, 2014. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)




A boy takes a photo of Christmas decorations in front of a shopping mall in Beijing December 24, 2014. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)

A boy takes a photo of Christmas decorations in front of a shopping mall in Beijing December 24, 2014. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)




A couple wearing Santa hats take a “selfie” at a Catholic church in Beijing December 24, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A couple wearing Santa hats take a “selfie” at a Catholic church in Beijing December 24, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Volunteers in Santa Claus costumes give free hair cuts to children at a welfare house to celebrate the upcoming Christmas festivities in Handan, Hebei province December 24, 2014. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

Volunteers in Santa Claus costumes give free hair cuts to children at a welfare house to celebrate the upcoming Christmas festivities in Handan, Hebei province December 24, 2014. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)




A doll dressed as Santa Claus sits on a bike in downtown Hamburg, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Fabian Bimmer/Reuters)

A doll dressed as Santa Claus sits on a bike in downtown Hamburg, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Fabian Bimmer/Reuters)




Alexei Trifonov, a member of the “Rescuer” state regional service dresses as Santa Claus as he prepares to congratulate employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry and their children ahead of New Year and Christmas in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia December 24, 2014. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Alexei Trifonov, a member of the “Rescuer” state regional service dresses as Santa Claus as he prepares to congratulate employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry and their children ahead of New Year and Christmas in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia December 24, 2014. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)




Alexei Trifonov, a member of the “Rescuer” state regional service, dressed as Santa Claus, looks through a window as he prepares to congratulate employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry and their children ahead of New Year and Christmas celebrations in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Alexei Trifonov, a member of the “Rescuer” state regional service, dressed as Santa Claus, looks through a window as he prepares to congratulate employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry and their children ahead of New Year and Christmas celebrations in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)




Alexei Trifonov, a member of the “Rescuer” state regional service, dressed as Santa Claus, gives a sweet to a girl as he congrastulates employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry and their children ahead of New Year and Christmas celebrations in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia December 24, 2014. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

Alexei Trifonov, a member of the “Rescuer” state regional service, dressed as Santa Claus, gives a sweet to a girl as he congrastulates employees of the Russian Emergencies Ministry and their children ahead of New Year and Christmas celebrations in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia December 24, 2014. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)




Displaced Iraqi Christian children who fled from Islamic State militants in Mosul,  gather around a Christmas tree at a mall still under construction, used as a refugee camp in Arbil December 24, 2014. (Photo by Azad Lashkari/Reuters)

Displaced Iraqi Christian children who fled from Islamic State militants in Mosul, gather around a Christmas tree at a mall still under construction, used as a refugee camp in Arbil December 24, 2014. (Photo by Azad Lashkari/Reuters)




A displaced Iraqi Christian girl who fled from Islamic State militants in Mosul,  draws a picture of Santa Claus at a mall still under construction, used as a refugee camp in Arbil December 24, 2014. (Photo by Azad Lashkari/Reuters)

A displaced Iraqi Christian girl who fled from Islamic State militants in Mosul, draws a picture of Santa Claus at a mall still under construction, used as a refugee camp in Arbil December 24, 2014. (Photo by Azad Lashkari/Reuters)




People watch Christmas celebrations outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered by Christians as Jesus' birthplace, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 24, 2014. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)

People watch Christmas celebrations outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered by Christians as Jesus' birthplace, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 24, 2014. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)




Ruben Torres, dressed in a Santa Claus outfit, and fishermen stand on a boat on Christmas Eve along the coast of Valparaiso city, northwest of Santiago, December 24, 2014. Every year, fishermen in Valparaiso organize a Santa Claus boat trip as people wait on the shore to receive their Christmas presents and well-wishes. (Photo by Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters)

Ruben Torres, dressed in a Santa Claus outfit, and fishermen stand on a boat on Christmas Eve along the coast of Valparaiso city, northwest of Santiago, December 24, 2014. Every year, fishermen in Valparaiso organize a Santa Claus boat trip as people wait on the shore to receive their Christmas presents and well-wishes. (Photo by Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters)




Iraqi people shop for Christmas decorations at a market in Baghdad, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Ahmed Saad/Reuters)

Iraqi people shop for Christmas decorations at a market in Baghdad, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Ahmed Saad/Reuters)




Pro-democracy protesters, holding up yellow umbrellas, a symbol of the Occupy Central civil disobedience movement, attend a protest at Times Square in Hong Kong early December 25, 2014. Hundreds of people gathered before midnight on Christmas eve calling for universal suffrage and for Beijing to withdraw its decision on political reform. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

Pro-democracy protesters, holding up yellow umbrellas, a symbol of the Occupy Central civil disobedience movement, attend a protest at Times Square in Hong Kong early December 25, 2014. Hundreds of people gathered before midnight on Christmas eve calling for universal suffrage and for Beijing to withdraw its decision on political reform. According to local media, the demonstration is among a series of events including flash mob protests and singing of Christmas carols, as an extension of the Occupy movement. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)




People wearing costumes pose for a photo as they celebrate Christmas at Times Square in Hong Kong early December 25, 2014. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)

People wearing costumes pose for a photo as they celebrate Christmas at Times Square in Hong Kong early December 25, 2014. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)




A man dressed as Santa Claus from SAWA, a non-governmental organisation, delivers toys to Syrian refugee children at a refugee camp in Bar-Elias in the Bekaa valley December 24, 2014. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)

A man dressed as Santa Claus from SAWA, a non-governmental organisation, delivers toys to Syrian refugee children at a refugee camp in Bar-Elias in the Bekaa valley December 24, 2014. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)




Syrian refugee girls hold their Christmas gifts from SAWA, a non-governmental organisation, in Bar-Elias in the Bekaa valley December 24, 2014. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)

Syrian refugee girls hold their Christmas gifts from SAWA, a non-governmental organisation, in Bar-Elias in the Bekaa valley December 24, 2014. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)




A Syrian refugee child plays with his Christmas gift from SAWA, a non-governmental organisation, in Bar-Elias in the Bekaa valley December 24, 2014. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)

A Syrian refugee child plays with his Christmas gift from SAWA, a non-governmental organisation, in Bar-Elias in the Bekaa valley December 24, 2014. (Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters)




A water skier, dressed as Santa, and another, dressed as a Reindeer, take part in the 29th annual Christmas Eve water performance on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters)

A water skier, dressed as Santa, and another, dressed as a Reindeer, take part in the 29th annual Christmas Eve water performance on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters)




A jet ski rider, dressed as the Grinch, takes part in the 29th annual Christmas Eve water performance on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters)

A jet ski rider, dressed as the Grinch, takes part in the 29th annual Christmas Eve water performance on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters)




A boater, dressed as Frosty the Snowman, takes part in the 29th annual Christmas Eve water performance on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters)

A boater, dressed as Frosty the Snowman, takes part in the 29th annual Christmas Eve water performance on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters)




Santa Claus waves to the crowd from his flying sleigh drawn by reindeer over the Geneva Lake and in front of the Swiss and French alps at sunset during the 20th edition of the Christmas Market in Montreux, Switzerland, 23 December 2014. Santa Claus is “flying” with the aid of a cable above the market and the lake on a distance of 385 meters. (Photo by Jean-Christophe Bott/EPA)

Santa Claus waves to the crowd from his flying sleigh drawn by reindeer over the Geneva Lake and in front of the Swiss and French alps at sunset during the 20th edition of the Christmas Market in Montreux, Switzerland, 23 December 2014. Santa Claus is “flying” with the aid of a cable above the market and the lake on a distance of 385 meters. (Photo by Jean-Christophe Bott/EPA)




A man dressed as Santa Claus lights candles at a church in Bucharest, Romania on December 18, 2014. (Photo by Alex Nicodim/AFP Photo)

A man dressed as Santa Claus lights candles at a church in Bucharest, Romania on December 18, 2014. (Photo by Alex Nicodim/AFP Photo)




A zookeeper wearing a Santa Claus costume feeds fruit and vegetables to Japanese macaques at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on December 24, 2014. The event was part of an annual “Christmas gifts” attraction. (Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP Photo)

A zookeeper wearing a Santa Claus costume feeds fruit and vegetables to Japanese macaques at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on December 24, 2014. The event was part of an annual “Christmas gifts” attraction. (Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP Photo)




A man dressed as Santa Claus lights flares as he sits on a boat in Imperia, near Genoa, Italy, Wednesday, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Antonio Calanni/AP Photo)

A man dressed as Santa Claus lights flares as he sits on a boat in Imperia, near Genoa, Italy, Wednesday, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Antonio Calanni/AP Photo)




Palestinian children play next to a stand selling toys of Father Christmas in Gaza City on December 24, 2014, as Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Christmas. For many faithful across the region, the festivities will be tinged with sadness following a year of bloodshed marked by a surge in the persecution of Christians that has drawn international condemnation. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP Photo)

Palestinian children play next to a stand selling toys of Father Christmas in Gaza City on December 24, 2014, as Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Christmas. For many faithful across the region, the festivities will be tinged with sadness following a year of bloodshed marked by a surge in the persecution of Christians that has drawn international condemnation. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP Photo)




Thai elephant and mahouts dressed as Santa Claus entertain pupils and distribute presents during Christmas celebrations at a school in the world heritage city of Ayutthaya, borth of Bangkok, Thailand, 24 December 2014. The annual event is held to celebrate the Christmas season. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA)

Thai elephant and mahouts dressed as Santa Claus entertain pupils and distribute presents during Christmas celebrations at a school in the world heritage city of Ayutthaya, borth of Bangkok, Thailand, 24 December 2014. The annual event is held to celebrate the Christmas season. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA)




Volunteers clad in Santa Claus costumes throw their hats in the air as they gather to deliver gifts for the poor in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)

Volunteers clad in Santa Claus costumes throw their hats in the air as they gather to deliver gifts for the poor in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, December 24, 2014. (Photo by Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo)
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