Santas across the world gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday

Santas across the world gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday to attend the annual Santa Claus World Congress, a professional forum for Santas to exchange experience, network and have some fun.

Participants from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Spain, Germany, the United States and Japan visited the Little Mermaid statue, and took a canal tour in the capital.
The first Santa Claus World Congress was held in 1957.