Hungarian enthusiast Benedek Lampert used Legos and other materials to create a festive village where a mini Santa Claus arrives on skis down a rooftop. The presence of Santa Claus, the traditional Christmas figure, has appeared at locations around the world as Dec. 25 approaches. Photo: IC Photo

A century-old building crowned with a giant Santa hat on Dec. 12 welcomes the Christmas season in Jinan, East China’s Shandong province. Photo: VCG

Dressed in Santa suits, these people rappel down the side of a hospital Monday to entertain sick children through the building’s windows in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Photo: VCG

A diver wearing a Santa Claus costume swims in a tank full of fish Saturday during an underwater performance for the upcoming Christmas celebration at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, Japan. Photo: VCG

Father Frost, the Ukrainian Santa Claus, listens to children’s wishes Monday as families attend the unveiling of a Christmas tree in a subway station in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Photo: VCG

A man dressed as Santa Claus presents a child with a gift Tuesday in a slum in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Photo: VCG

A man wearing a Santa Claus outfit exits a military medevac helicopter Wednesday during an event organized for children of Romanian servicemen at an air force base in Otopeni, Romania. Photo: VCG

Father Frost of Veliky Ustyug, a Russian town considered the home of Russia’s Santa Claus, visits Republic Square in central Yerevan, Armenia, on Tuesday. Photo: VCG

Participants run along Castellana Street for the annual Santa Claus Papa Noel race on Sunday in Madrid, Spain. Photo: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/VCG

A man dressed as Santa Claus takes visitors on a tour of a mine museum in Germany on Wednesday. Photo: Matthias Bein/VCG

People dressed as Santa Claus row during a Christmas regatta along the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, on Sunday. Photo: Manuel Silvestri/IC Photo

Children wave at a woman dressed as Santa Claus as she steers a paddle board in the shallows of the French Mediterranean island of Corsica on Tuesday. Photo: VCG