It is not every day that you witness a local Santa Clause plummeting face-first off a boat.
VIDEO OF SANTA’S FACE PLANT HAS GONE VIRAL
A video of a local Santa Clause was posted on social media and has since gone viral.
It is not yet known when and where the video was taken.
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SANTA’S FOOT SLIPS AS HE TRIES TO JUMP OFF THE BOAT
In the video, you can see Santa Clause with a bag over his shoulder coming in with a boat, he gets ready to jump off the boat but unfortunately, his foot slips, and he is seen falling on his face in the sand.
The crowd is heard laughing as Santa Clause quickly gets up.
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It does not seem like he was injured.
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Top 10 facts about Santa Claus:
TEN FACTS ABOUT SANTA CLAUS
The sleigh is loaded, and the reindeer are in Santa’s hangar awaiting permission to take off, so while we are waiting for tomorrow, let’s have some facts.
Until the 16th century, Santa Claus and Father Christmas were not synonymous.
Santa Claus had his origins in tales of St Nicholas, popular among the Dutch who referred to him as “Sinter Klaas”.
Father Christmas had his origins in medieval stories who gave presents at Christmas time.
The Dutch still celebrate St Nicholas with their Christmas present-giving on December 6, which is St Nicholas’s feast day.
The earliest known use of the name Santa Claus in English was in 1773 in America.
The Charles W Howard Santa School, Michigan is the world’s oldest Santa school. It began in 1937.
In 2013, Nelson Mandela became the first person to be named Santa Claus of the Year by the prime minister of Greenland.
The earliest depictions of Santa Claus have him wearing a green cloak.
His modern image, with flying reindeer and entry down chimneys, began with Clement Clarke Moore’s poem A Visit From St Nicholas in 1823.
His red cloak only became established in 1931 through a Coca-Cola advertising campaign.
