Didi Senft, a cycling fan better known as ‘El Diablo’, rides his so-called ‘Santa Claus bicycle’ as he poses for the media in Storkow, some 50 km (31 miles) south of the German capital Berlin, Germany. Photo by Fabritzio Bensch.

A man dressed as a Santa Claus poses at the front of the Kollhoff Tower at Potsdamer Platz square in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Hannibal Hanschke.

A spectator dressed as Santa Claus walks near the ice track during the men’s four-man Bobsleigh World Cup at the German resort of Altenberg, Germany. Photo by Fabritzio Bensch.

A member of the special police forces dressed in a Santa Claus suit waves to staff as he descends from the roof of a pediatrics clinic in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Photo by Srdjan Zivulovic.

A man dressed as Father Frost, the Russian equivalent to Santa Claus, makes a bungee jump from a bridge across the Yenisei River in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Photo by Ilya Naymushin.

A man dressed as Santa Claus skates on an ice rink across from the Eiffel Tower as part of the Christmas holiday season preparations, in Paris, France. Photo by Jacky Naegelen.

An Iranian Christian man dressed as Santa Claus stands outside the church of the Italian embassy during a Christmas Eve mass in Tehran, Iran. Photo by Morteza Nicoubazl.

A man dressed as Father Christmas rides a bicycle on his way to a special Christmas post office in the village of Himmelpfort in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, Germany. Photo by Fabritzio Bensch.

Hector Chacon, a Guatemalan firefighter dressed as Santa Claus, walks before rappelling down from the Belize bridge to give toys to children living under the bridge, in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Photo by STRINGER.

A man dressed as Santa Claus rides his Segway as he delivers gifts at the Christmas market in Hamburg, Germany. Photo by Fabian Bimmer.

A man, dressed as Santa Claus, waits to board a train at a subway station as part of a promotional event by a bank in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo by Nacho Doce.