From Santas at charity events in South Korea to Santa School in Tokyo to Scuba Santa in Kentucky, Santa Claus is making the rounds this holiday season.
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More than 1,000 South Korean volunteers wearing Santa Claus costumes pose during a campaign to raise money for charity donations in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 1. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea where over half of the population of 48 million are Christians. AP / Ahn Young-joon
An amusement park employee dressed as Santa Claus participates in a promotional event, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 3. Many South Korean companies take advantage of the Christmas holiday to promote themselves amid weak sales due to the economic slowdown. AP / Ahn Young-joon
Santa School participants march in Omotesando area on Nov. 29, in Tokyo, Japan. More than 60 Santa Clauses participated in the walk heading to one of Tokyo's most popular toy shops 'Kiddy Land'. Getty Images / Junko Kimura
Rickshaw drivers dressed in Santa Claus costumes transport customers in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Dec. 3. The drivers transported customers through the streets of Tokyo as part of a one-day promotional event hosted by French leisure intermediation company Smart&Co. AP / Junji Kurokawa
One of 64 Santa Clauses from toy store Kiddy Land's Santa Claus Academy tries to attract the attention of a boy during a march on a Tokyo street, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 29. (AP Photo/ Hiro Komae) AP / Hiro Komae
A man dressed as Santa Claus receives his H1N1 flu vaccine during a dress rehearsal before his weekend performance in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Dec. 3. The H1N1 flu has officially reached epidemic proportions in Hungary with 16 people reported to have died from the virus and some 300 others hospitalized. The Hungarian government has issued recommendations for every Santa Claus to get vaccinated before they distribute presents to children at Christmas, or attend other meetings with children. AP / Bela Szandelszky
Santa Claus shows Teagan Sanders, 4, where to look for having their picture made during the 28th annual Capitol tree lighting in the Capitol rotunda, Tuesday, Dec. 1, in Salem, Ore. Statesman Journal / Timothy J. Gonzalez
Ava Swartz, 14 months, of Taylor Mill cries on Santa's lap at the Thomas More College annual Winter Wonderland event in Ky. on Wed Dec. 2, in Crestview Hills, Ky. The Enquirer / Ernest Coleman
Twin brothers Xavier, right, and Zachery Brocato sit on Santa's lap following a holiday lighting ceremony at Couch Cafeteria on the University of Oklahoma campus Wednesday, Dec. 2. Norman Transcript / Kevin Ellis
Three thousand Santa Clauses of all ages take part in the inaugural Santa Fun Run through Sydney on Nov. 29. The world record attempt for the largest number of Santas together was also a charity event to raise money for children with disabilities and special needs. AFP / Getty Images / Torsten Blackwood
A man dressed as Santa Claus joins in with celebrations during the lighting ceremony of the biggest Christmas three in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Tuesday, Dec. 1. AP / Valentina Petrova
Scuba Santa makes his way around the Newport Aquarium on Saturday, Nov. 28, in Newport, Ky. during one of his daily visits to the Aquarium at Newport on the Lavee on the banks of the Ohio River. The Enquirer / Ernest Coleman
People participate in the Volunteers of AmericaÃs 107th Annual Parade of Sidewalk Santas Friday, Nov. 27, in New York. AP / Frank Franklin II
'Santa Christian' from Burundi takes part in the reindeer sledge competition during the Santa Claus winter games in Gaellivare, some 100km north of the arctic circle, in Sweden on Sunday, Nov. 29. The Santa Claus winter games is an annual event gathering Santa Clauses from all over the world competing for the title 'Santa Claus of the Year'. Scanpix/ Kenneth Paulsson
HIV-infected Mariano Roldan, right, 54, dressed as Santa Claus, speaks to children at a celebration ahead of AIDS day in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on Nov. 27. Roldan was diagnosed HIV positive 20 years ago, and founded an organization called "Grupo de Vida" (Group Life) aim to help people with HIV/AIDS as well as drug addicts. AFP / Getty Images / Raul Arboleda
A man looks at mannequins wearing Santa Claus caps at a mall in Medellin, Colombia on Dec. 2. AFP / Getty Images / Raul Arboleda
Santa Claus poses with the Indian Pacific on Dec. 4, in Cook, Australia. The Great Southern Railway's Indian Pacific travels the 4,352km between Sydney and Perth twice a week, crossing three states and includes the world's longest stretch of straight railway track on the Nullarbor Plain. Now in its ninth year, the Indian Pacific Outback Christmas Journey takes 65 hours to reach its destination while travelling through the Australian Outback to support remote regional communities as well as the Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service. Getty Images / Ashlee Ralla
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