Santas Kick Back Around the World

<b>December 25: </b>A member of Berlin's ice swimming club "Berliner Seehunde" (Berlin seals) in a Santa dress takes a dip in Orankesee lake in Berlin. (Reuters)

<b>Dec. 23: </b>Junya Kono, left, and Tomoharu Fujimaki, window cleaner dressed as Santa Claus and reindeer clean a window at a shopping mall in Tokyo, Japan. (AP)

<b>December 24: </b>A man dressed as Santa Claus water skis as he performs on the Potomac River in National Harbor outside Washington. (Reuters)

<b>December 25: </b>A diver dressed as Santa Claus feeds fishes in a tank at Jakarta's Sea World aquarium during Christmas celebrations. (Reuters)

<b>December 24: </b>A giant panda wears a Santa Claus hat at a zoo in Xiamen, Fujian province , 2009.  (Reuters)

<b>December 19: </b>A man dressed as Father Frost, a Russian equivalent to Santa Claus, smiles during the 5th Snowmen Parade at the Central park of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. (Reuters)

<b> December 24: </b>A man dressed as Santa Claus water skis as he performs on the Potomac River in National Harbor outside Washington. (Reuters)

<b>December 23: </b>A member of the Detroit Pistons 'Flight Crew' dunk team, wearing a Santa suit, flips upside down before dunking a ball during a time-out in the first half of their NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors in Auburn Hills, Michigan. (Reuters)

<b>December 25: </b>A Palestinian demonstrator in a Santa Claus costume runs near a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops (not seen) during a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah . (Reuters)

<b>December 23: </b>FC Barcelona's soccer player Bojan Krkic gestures from inside a tank at the Barcelona Aquarium while wearing a Santa Claus hat. (Reuters)

<b> December 23: </b>Francisco Amador, a 58-year-old dentist, dressed as Santa Claus gets out of a car before giving out gifts to the sick and poor in Tegucigalpa. (Reuters)

<b> December 19: </b>Performers dressed in Santa Claus costumes spit fires during a break in a Sichuan opera show in Suining, Sichuan province. (Reuters)

<b>December 24: </b>Ruben Torres, dressed in a Santa Claus outfit, and some fishermen stand on a boat as they spread Christmas cheer along the coasts of Valparaiso city, about 75 miles northwest of Santiago. (Reuters)

<b>Dec. 25: </b>Employees dressed in Santa Claus costumes ride bicycles in the rain during a Christmas celebration at Ancol theme park in Jakarta, Indonesia.

<b>Dec. 19: </b>Henry Adamucci, 9 months, meets Santa Claus for the first time. (AP)

<b>Dec. 19: </b>People dressed as Santa Claus cross a street on their way to a bar during a snow storm in Philadelphia. (AP)