G8 Santas in St Petersburg

Posted by Amanda Kendle Dec 26, 2006

Remember back in July this year, when world attention briefly turned to the G8 Summit in St Petersburg? Well, there's kind of a re-run coming up, but with quite a difference. On December 31, different kinds of Santas from eight different countries will meet in St Petersburg for the Christmas G8. Why December 31? Well, of course, they are "too busy in their respective countries to come on Christmas Day".

Expected guests include, of course, Russia's Ded Moroz or Father Frost, the German Weihnachtsmann, Father Christmas from Britain and Finland's Yelloupokki. The organizer's aiming to show Russian kids that the world is really not so different, although it seems that having all these similar Santas together could instead be rather confusing for some children!