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Last updated on: December 24, 2011 10:52 IST

Actor David Warren, who has been playing Santa for the past ten years, holds seven-month-old Olivia Ruch at Santa's Grotto in Selfridges department store in London.

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It's an ODD world out there!

Last updated on: December 24, 2011 10:52 IST

Dance students warm up as they look at a cell phone before taking part in a musical theatre class at Carmen Roche's music and dance school in Madrid.

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A fan runs into the pitch during the third day of the first test cricket match between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Centurion.

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Swimmers wearing Santa Claus hats play football on a frozen lake before winter swimming in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China.

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A man dressed in a dog costume paddleboards with a boy on the surf during the traditional Christmas bath in Monaco, French Riviera.

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A mahout washes an elephant in a pool at Gangaramaya Buddhist temple in Colombo.

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A worker puts on ornaments from inside a Christmas tree after it was erected in Sidon, southern Lebanon.

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Star Wars Storm Trooper characters cross the street outside the NASDAQ Market Site in New York's Times Square after taking part in ringing the opening bell for the trading day. Electronic Arts Inc was celebrating the launch of EA's 'Star Wars: The Old Republic' game and the re-listing of Electronic Arts Inc on the NASDAQ under the new symbol 'EA'.

It's an ODD world out there!

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A prisoner wearing a costume dances next to a guard during the Christmas celebrations at the Santa Monica prison in Lima, Peru.

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Clay caganers representing Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (left) and main opposition Socialist Party leader Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba are displayed at the Santa Llucia Christmas market in central Barcelona December 21, 2011. Catalans hide caganers, or defecators, in Christmas Nativity scenes to let friends hunt for them during Christmas celebrations. The caganers, which symbolise defecation and fertilisation of the earth, are believed to bring prosperity and luck for the coming year.

It's an ODD world out there!

Last updated on: December 24, 2011 10:52 IST

Women in costumes adorned with old lottery tickets attend the draw for Spain's Christmas Lottery El Gordo in Madrid. The total prize money of $3.29 billion is split into thousands of cash prizes amongst hundreds of winning numbers.

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