Marionette dolls are often small so they can fit in pocket or some smaller box but the following marionette which you are about to see is a little bit different and it definitely cannot fit in your pocket no matter how deep it is

This is the world’s largest Santa Claus marionette and this is confirmed by the Guiness Book of Records. It is 11 meters tall and it can be operated from an operating board. It is placed in Torres Vedras near Lisabon in Portugal.

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Different group started SantaCon 2009 from different starting points:  Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and New Jersey and final gathering was held on Washington Square Park.

“SantaCon is a not-for-profit, non-political, non-religious & non-logical Santa Claus convention, attended for absolutely no reason”, says the description on NYC Santa Claus official web page.

To attend Santa Claus Convention it is not enough just to wear Santa hat. As stated on their webisite, you have to be creative and entertain your red costume, gifts etc.

It was not obligation but it was requested from those who attended this event to bring some non-perishable food items to be donated to the NYC food bank. Last year they gathered and donated about 1.000 lbs of food.

And the tittle of the most creative Santa costume should go to this one:

Image credits: [www.villagevoice.com]

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