Japanese ‘Shinto Claus of the Year’
Japanese Santa wins Santa of the Year title in Sweden
DPA, 20 November 2006, STOCKHOLM — Japan’s Santa was named ‘Santa of the Year’ after winning an international Santa Claus contest held Sunday in northern Sweden…Hiroshimi Suzuki was one of 10 entrants in the competition held for the fourth year running in the northern town of Gallivare, 100 kilometres above the Arctic Circle…more...
Ho, ho, ho, it’s Shinto Santa.
I thought this report was satire from the Onion until I looked up the Official results on santaclauswintergames.com. However, I noticed that the official website failed to post any Japanese Santa pictures on their Santas Program 2006 or the winner announcement page.
However, I found the above picture of the jovial Japanese Santa contingent arriving at the Santa games, hee, hee, hee, ho, ho, ho.
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