German Santas hope to bring cheer despite masks


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  • Sunday, 06 Dec 2020

People dressed in Santa Claus and Christmas angels costumes attend an annual meeting of a rent-a-Santa Claus and Angel service at the former Berlin-Tempelhof airfield, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Berlin, Germany, December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

BERLIN (Reuters) - A group of Germans dressed as Santa and angels who rent themselves out over the Christmas period gathered in Berlin on Saturday, keen to spread joy and practice their "Ho-ho-hos" even though they have to wear masks.

Most years, several hundred "Rent-a-Santa" meet at the beginning of the Christmas season in Germany, but this year just a few dozen got together, keeping their distance outside at the disused Tempelhof airfield in Berlin.

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