World's Santas meet in Denmark to argue, eat and chase records
Santas and elves from around the world gathered in Denmark on Monday to argue over the Christmas calendar, plan slimming exercises and chase a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
And for Father Christmases presiding over the Russian Orthodox holidays, January 6 is the holiest of days, he told AFP.
The most urgent issue was, however, the Santas' health, since "many are so pot-bellied they can't make it down the chimney," Tornvig confided.
Participants had therefore agreed to "adhere not to a diet that would kill off their good spirits but to a series of exercises that would put them in super shape by December," he added.
The Santas will begin toiling Tuesday morning. Dressed in their traditional fur-lined red suits, they will take a long bike-ride around the Copenhagen harbour, parade through the streets and take a quick dip at the port to check out the water quality.
Once they have dried off they will even attempt to set a new, wacky world record: the largest possible number of Father Christmases hula-hooping in unison.
Once again, the Finnish Father Christmas, who insists he is the world's only true Santa Claus and is alone in contesting the special status of Greenland's Santa, did not attend the conference.
"We don't know if he is still pouting or if there is another mysterious reason why he could not come," Tornvig said.
"Whether he likes it or not, everyone, or almost everyone, recognises that the only Father Christmas, the mythical figure, resides on the ice sheets of Greenland. Period," he added.
The convention is scheduled to wrap up on Wednesday.
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