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A red suit with white trim and a silky beard have long been Santa Claus trademark style, but the jolly figure bringing holiday cheer around the world comes in many guises, much like the varied shapes and sizes of the Christmas presents he bears.
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A red suit with white trim and a silky beard have long been Santa’s trademark style, but the jolly figure bringing holiday cheer around the world comes in many guises, much like the varied shapes and sizes of the Christmas presents he bears.
But one wish unites all Santas, from Lebanon to Nigeria, in this year decimated by the coronavirus pandemic.
(Click https://reut.rs/3ni6SZ6 to see a picture package of Santas around the world.)
“My Christmas message to the world is to be kinder to everyone in a time when we are so isolated,” said Oliver Levi-Malouf, 22, who performs as a drag queen Santa at The Imperial Hotel in Sydney, with strikingly red lips and dramatic winged eye makeup.
Levi-Malouf puts on a Santa event for youth around Christmas time at the hotel, giving out colorful presents such as a feathered fascinator in the shape of a bird.
“Breathe, simply breathe,” is the advice of Dana Friedman, who has been a Santa since wanting to hearten first responders and their families after the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York.