Strange Santas suit the holidays
Photos courtesy of Bangkok Post/ Reuters/ AP/ AFP
Santa Claus, AKA Father Christmas, is one of the most enduring symbols of the holiday season. Every year around Christmas folks all over the world love throwing on the famous red-and-white suit to spread joy — sometimes in some pretty odd places.
This week’s Freeze Frame takes a look at Santas photographed in some unusual situations.
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APE ESCAPADEOu, an 8-month-old male chimpanzee, teases a visitor during a Christmas celebration at Dusit Zoo on December 21, 2011. |
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SANTA BUSTA group of foreigners in Santa suits have their passports checked by police near the Wanit building on Phetchaburi Road on December 17, 2011. Motorists complained that the Santa’s activities disrupted traffic flow. The group was promoting a city hotel’s Christmas activities. |
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JUMBO HOLIDAYElephants dressed in Santa costumes perform for students ahead of the Christmas festival at a school in Ayutthaya on December 23, 2011. The event was held as part of a campaign to promote Christmas in Thailand. |
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TIGHT TRANSPORTIndian children wearing Santa costumes ride in the back of a bicycle rickshaw on their way to a Christmas party at a kindergarten on the last day before school holidays in New Delhi, India on December 23, 2011. Christmas day is observed as a national holiday for all Indians. |
Vocabulary
- enduring (adj): lasting for a long time
situation (n): all the circumstances and things that are happening at a particular time and in a particular place
sleigh (n): a vehicle that slides over snow, especially one pulled by horses
bust (n): to suddenly enter a place and search it or arrest somebody
disrupt (v): to make it difficult for something to continue in the normal way
