From the surfing Santa of Indonesia to where it all began in Bethlehem... Christmas celebrations around the world

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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Indonesia: A surfer dressed in a Santa costume surfs at Kuta beach on the resort island of Bali


Marvel at the diving Santa of South Korea, the candle tower of Germany and the cycling St Nick of the Philippines. All over the world, Christmas festivities are under way. From India to Australia, Spain to Thailand, Santa's got his hands full...


Lebanon: Children celebrate during their last day of school before the holidays in the southern port city of Sidon


India: Christian devotees pay their respects as part of the Christmas celebration at the illuminated St Paul's church in Amritsar


United States: Santa at play on the ski slopes of Colorado


Lebanon: A choir wearing cowboy hats in east Beirut


United States: Frosty the Snowman pilots his small boat down the Potomac River in Washington, DC


South Korea: Light displays in downtown Seoul


India: Children light candles in St Paul's church in Amritsar


India: Men dressed as Santa Claus visit slums in Allahabad


Spain: Children sit on the laps of men representing the Three Wise Men to ask for presents at Christmas, in Madrid


West Bank: A boy watches the parade outside the Church of the Nativity while Christians gather for Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem


Pakistan: A woman and child decorate a Christmas tree in a Catholic church in Peshawar


Iraq: Kurd children gather to greet Santa Claus in the city of Arbil


Philippines: A member of the Firefly Brigade, an organisation of cyclists, wears a Santa Claus costume as he talks to a woman with her baby in Quezon City


Bethlehem: Pilgrims pray inside the Grotto of the Church of Nativity


Germany: The former tower of the city wall decorated as a candle in Zell an der Mosel


South Korea: A diver swims with sardines at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul


Thailand: Schoolchildren in Ayutthaya watch a show featuring elephants dressed as Santa


United States: Santa waterskis down the Potomac River in Washington, DC


United States: Still on the Potomac, but this time with reindeer and boat-sleigh


Mummy, Daddy... where IS he?


Santa nav: Find out exactly where the great man is via Santa Tracker (www.noradsanta.org/)


Merry Christmas from Warwick, RI


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