World Santa Congress Brings Christmas Cheer to the Height of Summer
- Dozens of Santas, Mrs. Clauses, and elves gathered in Aalborg, Denmark, on Wednesday for the annual World Santa Claus Congress, a colorful midsummer tradition held for decades.
- First staged near Copenhagen in 1957, the congress moved to Aalborg on Denmark's Jutland peninsula two years ago, evolving from an amusement park attraction.
- Robert Hercz, a 64-year-old Norwegian Santa from Oslo, attended alongside participants from Australia and Tokyo, saying all Santas share a "gene for generosity and spreading joy."
- Organizer Peter Gislund noted that Santas use the four-day event to mingle and participate in gingerbread eating and parades while coping with stifling summer suits.
- The congress marks its 70th anniversary next year, helping Santas sharpen their craft for the Yuletide season despite this year's suits feeling stifling under the Danish summer sun.
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Although it is the middle of the summer, in the city of Aalborg in Danemaca the atmosphere is one of the holidays. Tens of Santa Claus, Lord Christmas and elves from several countries participate in the World Congress of Santa Claus, an event that has become a tradition for almost 70 years. Article Christmas in full summer. Tens of Santas from all over the world met at a congress organized in Denmark first appears in Romania TV.
Santas swap snow for sunshine at annual World Santa Congress
While Europe's still in the throes of summer heat, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Danish city of Aalborg.Dozens of Santas, Mrs. Clauses and elves from around the world have descended on Denmark's fourth-largest city for the Nordic nation's annual World Santa Claus Congress, a colorful midsummer tradition for decades.First staged at an amusement park near Copenhagen in 1957, the congress moved to Aalborg on Denmark's Jutland p…
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