Visitors look at penguins wearing Santa Claus (in red) and Christmas tree (in green) costumes at an amusement park in Yongin, south of Seoul, South Korea. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
A girl waves to a member of the special police force dressed who descended from the roof of a paediatric clinic in Ljubljana, Slovenia, as part of a Christmas performance for patients. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic
A man waves as he takes part in the traditional Christmas bath in Nice, southeastern France. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Runners take part in the annual 10km 'Corrida of Issy-les-Moulineaux' footrace in Issey-les-Moulineaux, near Paris. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
A man sits in a cage during a performance at Prague Zoo. The zoo held a performance to deride the increasingly popular 'American' image of the red-robed jolly Santa. REUTERS/David W Cerny
A member of the 'Skipper' yacht club sails his trimaran to mark the ending of the sailboat season during heavy snowfall on the Yenisei River, outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
A diver feeds fish inside a fish tank at the Malta National Aquarium in Qawra, outside Valletta. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
Runners brave the 8deg C temperature to participate in the annual Santa Speedo Run in Boston, Massachusetts. Photo Paul Marotta/Getty Images
Window cleaners pose for photographers during an event to celebrate Christmas at a shopping mall in Tokyo. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
The Friday before Christmas. What better time to have a look around the world and see what 'Santa Claus' is getting up to in the lead-up to the big day?
