Volunteers dressed in Santa Claus outfits release balloons into the sky as they launch an event to visit and give Christmas gifts to premature babies in Seoul, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006.
A Baltimore Ravens fan, wearing a Santa Claus suit, cheers during NFL football action against the Cleveland Browns in Baltimore, Md., Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006.
A man dressed up as Santa Claus waves flag while riding on his vehicle led by a group of motorcyclists dressed up as reindeers during a Christmas promotion at a department store in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 18, 2006.
Timmy Clawson, 10, of Loveland, Ohio, laughs as he visits with Santa Claus at a Day with Sensitive Santa at Children's Hospital Medical Center for kids with disabilities in Corryville, Ohio.
A young girl embraces Santa Claus, reaching only his leg, as she arrives for Snowball Express, a party for hundreds of children, spouses, parents and other family members of U.S. military service people killed in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, in Foothill Ranch, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006.
A man dressed as Santa Claus takes a bath with citizen of Nice, during the 62nd Christmas bath in Nice, southern France, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006.
An Indian trishaw driver takes a statue of Santa Claus to a shop in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state Tripura, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2006. Though the Hindus and Muslims comprise majority of the population in India, Christmas is celebrated with much fanfare.
With Santa Claus riding on the sail, the fast-attack submarine USS Albuquerque is eased into her berth at the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006. The submarine was arriving home after a six-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Santa Claus, alias former Lt. Ulf Ingo van Bruinehsen, waves to children as he arrives aboard a German Navy submarine U-15 at the navy base in Eckernfoerde, Germany, on Dec. 6, 2006. He distributed small presents to students of a local school.
Santa Claus relaxes as he donates blood in Sydney, Australia on Dec. 6, 2006. Santa and the Australian Red Cross are encouraging people to give blood rather then purchasing a gift this holiday season.
Who knew Santa was such a romantic. Dennis Chee, 23, right, sneaks out from underneath a present, surprising his girlfriend, Tanisha Chapman, and asking her to marry him at the Animas Valley Mall in Farmington, N.M., on Dec. 5, 2006. Chapman was posing for a photograph with Santa Claus to send to Chee, who she thought was out of town. She said "yes."
Skiing enthusiasts dressing in Santa outfits ride the chair lift at the Sunday River ski resort in Newry, Maine, on Dec., 3, 2006. More than 170 skiers showed up for the seventh annual event, during which they skied for free for the day as long as they dressed up like Santa. Snow guns were running at full tilt to help the season get under way.
Competitors run in the annual Santa Dash through the streets of Liverpool's city centre in England on Dec. 3, 2006. Runners dressed up as Santa Claus were raising money for various charities. Organizers were hoping to break last year's world record of nearly 4,000 runners.
A golfer dressed as Santa plays a round of golf at the Forest Hills Par 3 golf course in Springfield, Ohio, on Dec. 2, 2006, during the golf course's first Santa Golf Tournament.
One of about 50 Santa Clauses crosses a bridge on his Harley Davidson motorbike in downtown Basel, Switzerland, on Dec. 2, 2006.
Haitian-born hip-hop musician Wyclef Jean, dressed as Santa Claus, right, has his picture taken with an unidentified girl during a gift distribution to about 600 kids by Wyclef Jean and his foundation, Yele Haiti, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Nov. 29, 2006.
Dressed as Santa Claus, diver Ren Takahashi swims with a spotted eagle ray and other fish in a tank decorated with a Christmas tree and presents at the Sunshine International Aquarium in Tokyo, Dec. 6, 2006. The aquarium will display seasonal decorations in the large fish tank until Christmas Day in an effort to attract visitors.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and French President Jacques Chirac, right, are seen with a Santa Claus as they meet in Mettlach, Germany, on Dec. 5, 2006. The leaders of Germany, France and Poland were meeting on Tuesday with the future of Turkey's European Union membership and Poland's veto on negotiating a new EU-Russia partnership pact looming large.
Newspaper vendor Robert Welch calls out "Ho, Ho, Ho," as he waits for customers on an Interstate 10 frontage road in El Paso, Texas, on Nov. 30, 2006. Welch says he has been dressing as Santa during the holiday season for almost a decade. He says on cold days, like Thursday, his suit does double duty. In addition to helping spread holiday cheer, it also keeps him warm.
Santa tickles 3-year old Mia Andrea Castillo's nose with his lighted glove at the 15th annual "Lights for Life" at the Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen in Harlingen, Texas, on Nov. 28, 2006.