Jumbo Santas spread virus awareness among kids

Four-legged festivities: Elephants from the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace, dressed in Santa Claus costumes and wearing face masks, posing for photos before handing out face masks to students outside the Jirasat Wittaya School in Ayutthaya. — AFP

CHRISTMAS and Thailand’s love of elephants combined when four of the giant creatures dressed as Santa turned up at a school just outside Bangkok, complete with huge coronavirus masks.

Excited children from Jirasat Wittaya School in Ayutthaya sang Christmas carols and lined up to have their photos taken with the animals in the annual tradition held yesterday.