Xmas celebrations around the world

A group of Santa hat-wearing English tourists attempt to build a pyramid while celebrating Christmas Day at Bondi beach in Sydney. (AP)
Workers in Santa Claus (R) and reindeer costumes clean windows outside of a 31-metre-high building at the Odaiba shopping mall on Tokyo's waterfront. (AFP)
Thai hotel workers dressed in Santa Claus costumes while sitting on a decorated vehicle touring around to give out gifts to residents for Christmas in Bangkok. (AFP)
A sandsculptor prepares a Santa Claus sandcastle at Durban's North Beach. (AFP)
An elephant dressed in a Santa Claus costume performs by standing on its hind legs before giving out gifts to students to mark the Christmas season at a school in Ayutthaya province. (AFP)
Ruben Torres, dressed in a Santa Claus outfit, and fishermen wave to people from a boat on Christmas Eve along the coast of Valparaiso city, about 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Santiago. (REUTERS)
Visitors ride along with a life-sized figure of Santa Claus on a roller coaster at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP)
Miss New Jersey, Brielle Lacosta of Warren Twp., NJ talks with Santa Claus as she sits with him at the Bridgewater Commons Mall. (AFP)
A man dressed as Santa Claus distributes sweets to children outside a church in Jammu, India. (AP)
A competitor dressed up as Santa Claus jumps into the sea during the 101st Barcelona's Traditional Christmas Swimming Cup at the Old Harbour of Barcelona. (GETTY)