Ahead of festival season, Santa Claus in Guatemala can be seen flying in on a helicopter to visit children.

Santa Claus in Guatemala is flying in on a helicopter to visit children

Just like everybody else, Santas are moving to a hybrid work solution, both from home - in the North Pole - and from their office - the grotto. Introduced last year, a video call service that lets children greet Santa Claus, called Santa HQ, is set to be popular this year too.

Christmas: Trainee Santas head to class ahead of Christmas

Jerusalem's Santa Claus visited the Sea of Galilee where Jesus walked across the water, some 2,000 years ago to open the Christmas season in the Holy Land.

Jerusalem's Santa Claus brings Christmas cheer as festive season begins

The Three Wise Men arrived in Madrid on Tuesday (January 5) at a show with no audience on a year without traditional street parades on the eve of the Epiphany.

No audience to receive the Three Kings in Madrid due to COVID-19

It was a muted Christmas in Srinagar this year. On eve of Christmas, Jammu and Kashmir Government organised a special event in Srinagar, to bring cheer among people.

Srinagar: COVID-19 keeps people away from church this Christmas

A group of Father Frosts - Russian New Year characters similar to Santa Claus - landed on a roof of Moscow children's hospital ahead of New Year celebrations on Friday (December 25) to cheer up young patients during the festive season.

Santas climb down hospital walls in Moscow bringing joy to children

Visitors to an aquarium in Thailand on Thursday (December 24) received a Christmas surprise when Santa Claus descended into the water, carrying a sack full of food and surrounded by shoals of fish.

Diving Santa spreads Christmas joy at Bangkok aquarium

A fan of the fictional comic book superhero says the year 2020 needs Batman, not Santa Claus to save it from the coronavirus pandemic and spread cheer this holiday season.

'The world in 2020 needs Batman' - Egyptian enthusiast in cosplay

Christmas is a little different in Brazil for Jose Ivanildo Leandro da Silva, who is dressed as Santa as he looks to overcome mobility and poverty barriers in the capital Brasilia. Da Silva is disabled and gets about on his skateboard, skirting between traffic to ask for donations for the neediest children of Brazil's capital.

Disabled Santa in Brazil highlights mobility barriers this Christmas

Santa Claus spotted distributing masks to Thai kids... on elephants!

Every holiday season thousands of children rush to Portugal's largest indoor shopping mall in Lisbon to sit on Santa's lap and ask for gifts, but coronavirus changed Father Christmas' plans this year.

Father Christmas greets Portuguese children online

Santa Claus walked the streets of Guarenas on the outskirts of Venezuela's capital Caracas this weekend, giving children gifts ranging from bread to donated clothes and toys at a time when the country is struggling with the coronavirus pandemic and an economic collapse.

Santa gives food to poor hit by pandemic and recession in Venezuela

Santa Claus has come to town on the back of a fire truck in the Colombian city of Medellin. The city's local firefighters donned on Santa Claus costumes and headed to a local hospital to spread a little Christmas cheer.

Santa's helpers: firefighters spread Christmas joy to Colombia hospital

Harley Davidson bikers dressed in Santa Claus costumes rode through the streets of central Tokyo on Sunday (December 20) for their annual parade against child abuse, saying more children were vulnerable in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Santas on bikes parade through downtown Tokyo against child abuse

Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious diseases expert, has assured children he won't let their visit from Santa be affected in this pandemic, promising them their gifts will be delivered like every year.

'I vaccinated Santa personally': Fauci promises Christmas cheer to kids

Santa Claus bikers parade Tokyo streets for victims of child abuse

Santa Claus delivers holiday cheer in Rio de Janeiro by feeding the sharks and swimming with the sting raise in the city's aquarium.

Santa Claus feeding the fishes in city aquarium in Rio de Janeiro

Children won't get the chance to sit on Santa's lap at theatres across Italy this year but if you ask nicely and you have been well behaved he may find the time to give you a call instead.

Pick up the phone - Santa is on the line

Hundreds of sprinting Santas take over the German town of Michendorf every year on December 6, the day of its famous Santa Claus run. But this year, runners were asked to run separately and post photos of themselves while running.

Sprinting Santas keep Santa Claus run alive despite coronavirus restrictions

Innocence is something we may fast be losing in this connected, digital world. But there is hope. Not everything has become mechanical. An 8-year-old boy in the UK, Monti, was concerned about Santa Claus contracting coronavirus.

Will Santa use hand sanitiser? Worried 8-year-old writes to UK PM Boris Johnson

Taste of safety: Masked Santa chocolates appear amid pandemic in Hungary

Archival tech company Storyfile has come up with an A.I. alternative, creating a website where children can ask Santa questions online instead.

Online Santa website uses A.I. to let children interact with St. Nick during covid

Santa Claus visited the Dead Sea on Sunday (November 15) ahead of the Christmas season. It was part of a campaign by Israel's Tourism Ministry to bring some Christmas cheer during a global pandemic that has kept Christian pilgrims away from the Holy Land.

Santa brings Christmas cheer, and a tree, to the Dead Sea

While kids might not be able to meet Santa in person this year an entertainment company in London has created an app so that virtual meet-ups can take place.

New app allows kids to virtually 'meet' Santa

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