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Philippine traffic enforcer Ramiro Hinojas, wearing Santa Claus costume, directs traffic along a major road in Manila on December 6, 2011. Popularly known as the "dancing traffic cop", the barely five-foot Hinojas, 55, is one of thousands of traffic enforcers who struggle daily to keep Manila's notorious road traffic from moving, despite insults from some impatient motorists and health dangers posed by pollution.

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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 17: A reveler dressed as Santa Claus takes a nap during the annual Santacon event December 10, 2011 in New York City. Santacon is a mass gathering of revelers dressed as Santa Claus who take to the streets in cities across the country before Christmas.

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Competitors take part in the annual Santa Dash in Liverpool, north-west England on December 4, 2011. The five kilometer race sees thousands of entrants run through the streets of the city centre dressed as Santa Claus. Many runners wear a blue suit, usually supporters of Everton FC, who refuse to run in the colours of their city rivals Liverpool FC.

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Santa Claus trainees learn how to speak and walk like a "real" Santa Claus in prepration for Christmas Day at the "Santa Claus academy" in Tokyo on November 27, 2011.

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Santa Claus waves as he stands with a reindeer and sled outside Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland on December 15, 2011.

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People dressed as Santa Claus takes part in the annual Santa Claus parade in Porto, on December 11, 2011. Thousands staged a parade in an attempt to break the Guinness book of records of most people dressed as Santa Claus .

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A man dresses as Santa Claus to take part in the annual Santa Claus parade in Porto, on December 11, 2011. Thousands staged a parade in an attempt to break the Guinness book of records of most people dressed as Santa Claus .

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A South Korean diver wearing a Santa Claus outfit displays a banner reading "Merry Christmas" as children watch during an event at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul on December 7, 2011. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays celebrated in South Korea with Christians forming over half the population.

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A group of people dressed as Santa Claus participate in the 3rd 'Santa Run' in Michendorf, eastern Germany on December 4, 2011. More than 700 people took part in Germany's largest costume race.

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Two men, one dressed as Santa Claus and the other wearing a suit and a Guy Fawkes mask, sit on the steps to City Hall in downtown Los Angeles overlooking where anti-Wall Street demonstrators have been camped out since early October on November 28, 2011. Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters in Los Angeles have vowed to stay put at their downtown camp after defying a deadline to leave, as police mulled how to evict them "as gently as possible." A small group of protesters also announced legal action aimed at preventing police from breaking up their encampment in a park surrounding City Hall, which remained in place despite a midnight deadline.

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Santa Claus (R) and one of his raindeer water ski down the Potomac River on Christmas Eve December 24, 2010 at Maryland's National Harbor, a few miles down the river from Washington, DC. The Water Skiing Santa, Flying Elves, a Jet-Skiing Grinch, and even Frosty the Snowman, have been appearing on the river for 25 years in freezing temperatures. What started as a small thing has now turned into an annual event with thousands of people watching from the shore.

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Miss New Jersey, Brielle Lacosta of Warren Twp., NJ talks with Santa Claus as she sits with him at the Bridgewater Commons Mall Friday afternoon. Having finished her shopping, Ms. Lacosta said she wanted to visit with Santa and get her picture taken.

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A boy dressed up as Santa Claus sits watching the parade outside the Church of the Nativity while Christians gather for Christmas celebrations in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on December 24, 2010, as thousands of Christian pilgrims descended on Bethlehem to celebrate in Jesus' traditional birthplace.

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Workers in Santa Claus (R) and reindeer costumes (back L) clean windows outside of a 31-metre-high building at the Odaiba shopping mall on Tokyo's waterfront on December 23, 2010. The costumes were worn as part of a Christmas promotional event to attract shoppers.

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Buskers dressed up in Santa Claus suits perform in the downtown section of Sydney on December 23, 2010. Australian retailers were hoping for an 11th-hour Christmas rush, after a series of rate hikes have forced shoppers to tighten their belts at the most important time of year for stores.

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Owen is not a fan of Santa.

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In this photograph taken on December 15, 2011 a boy cries during a picture session with Santa Claus complete with mock up reindeers and snowman in a winter setting inside an upscale mall in Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta. Some commercial centers are decorated for the Christmas season celebration in the world's most populous Muslim country.