Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus ...
Friday, 26. December 2008, 18:18:17
and he is in China!
The world's largest Santa Claus snow sculpture is being built if it hasn't been completed already in Harbin, China.
Every year the city plays host to a world-renowned ice festival. But the effects of global warming are taking a toll as the snow and ice now melt more rapidly than in the past. This year snow had to be manufactured for the giant Santa.
An estimated 800,000 tourists, 90 per cent of them Chinese, are expected to visit the ice festival, said Jia Yan, director of the local tourism bureau.
Santa is 160 meters long and 24 meters high, complete with flowing beard and hat.
According to Tang Guangjun, one of the sculptors.
Now that's one big Santa!
The world's largest Santa Claus snow sculpture is being built if it hasn't been completed already in Harbin, China.
Every year the city plays host to a world-renowned ice festival. But the effects of global warming are taking a toll as the snow and ice now melt more rapidly than in the past. This year snow had to be manufactured for the giant Santa.An estimated 800,000 tourists, 90 per cent of them Chinese, are expected to visit the ice festival, said Jia Yan, director of the local tourism bureau.
Santa is 160 meters long and 24 meters high, complete with flowing beard and hat.
According to Tang Guangjun, one of the sculptors.
The festival runs from mid-December to early February."It is even bigger and higher than last year's"
Now that's one big Santa!
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