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Elephants dressed in Santa Claus costumes and wearing face masks pose for photos ahead of event to hand out face masks to students in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya on December 23. AFP
Elephant Santas spread pandemic awareness among Thai children
Fri, 25 December 2020
Christmas and Thailand’s love of elephants combined on December 23 when four of the giant creatures dressed as Santa turned up at a school just outside Bangkok, complete with huge coronavirus masks.
Excited children from Jirasat Wittaya School in Ayutthaya, an hour’s drive from the capital, sang Christmas carols and lined up to have their photos taken with the animals, which is in an annual tradition.
Thursday, 24 Dec 2020 09:45 AM MYT
Elephants from the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace, dressed in Santa Claus costumes and wearing face masks, pose for photos ahead of event to hand out face masks to students outside the Jirasat Wittaya School in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya on December 23, 2020. ― AFP pic
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BANGKOK, Dec 24 ― Christmas and Thailand s love of elephants combined yesterday when four of the giant creatures dressed as Santa turned up at a school just outside Bangkok, complete with huge coronavirus masks.
Excited children from Jirasat Wittaya School in Ayutthaya, an hour s drive from the capital, sang Christmas carols and lined up to have their photos taken with the animals in the annual tradition.
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