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Funny Father Christmases Pictures and Jokes
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| Language | Father Christmas |
| United Kingdom | Father Christmas, Santa Claus |
| Estonia | Jouluvana |
| Finland | Joulupukki [Old Man Christmas] |
| France | Père Noël |
| Germany | Weihnachtsmann [Christmas Man], Christkind |
| Greek | Kala Christouyenna! |
| Hawaii | Kanakaloka |
| Hungary | Mikulás (St. Nicholas) or Télapó ("Winter Father") |
| Iceland | Jólasveinninn |
| Mexico | San Nicolás, Santa |
| Netherlands | Kerstman |
| Norway | Julenissen [Christmas gnome!] |
| Poland | Swiety Mikolaj [St. Nicholas] |
| Russia | Ded Moroz [Grandfather Frost] |
| Serbia / Croatia | Bozic Bata. Sveti Nickola |
| Sweden | Jultomten [Christmas Brownie] |
| Spain | Papa Noel |
| Switzerland | Saint Nicholas, Chriskind |
| USA | Santa |
| Wales | Siôn Corn |
Coca Cola and Santa
Haddon Sundblom made the character
of Santa popular in 1931. As
an
illustrator from Chicago, USA, Sundblom designed a Coca-Cola advertisement which
contained an image of Santa with a red suit and a white beard. Since then
Santa has been a major part of Christmas in the UK and the USA. However,
while children today can recognise Victorian Santa pictures easily, they be
surprised to see older pictures showing Saint Nicholas (Santa) in green or
blue attire.

The 4.5-mile race took place in Newton in Powys reports the BBC. The town currently holds the world record for the world's biggest Santa gathering. What surprises me of the Santa Claus picture is that they are all wearing Santa hats.
Organisers are hoping it will have broken another world record this year - for the number of Santas yo-yoing at the same time. The annual Santa run is organised community transport charity Newtown & District Dial A Ride.
Jo Corfield, one of the race's organisers, said; 'The Santa Run started just because we were on our last legs and wanted one event that would be a good fund-raiser and keep us going.'
'Since it's grown into the biggest event that Newtown hosts and we estimate it brings £150,000 into the local economy in just one day.' The first Santa across the finishing line was Darren Hisscock from Aberdare in the Cynon Valley who completed the course in 18 minutes.
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