--- title: See the Exciting Life of Santa Claus description: I don't always deliver presents on my sleigh, but when I do, I just might drop straight from the sky canonical: https://time.com/3643906/santa-claus-christmas-most-interesting-man/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-22T17:40:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:14.126Z og:title: See the Exciting Life of Santa Claus og:description: I don't always deliver presents on my sleigh, but when I do, I just might drop straight from the sky og:url: https://time.com/3643906/santa-claus-christmas-most-interesting-man/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1067f40389cfb1c/69877069cd68480959098c8b/santa-claus-christmas-009.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: A Balinese man dressed as Santa Claus teaches orphan children how to surf at a beach in Bali, Indonesia on Dec. 7, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Exciting Life of Santa Claus twitter:description: I don't always deliver presents on my sleigh, but when I do, I just might drop straight from the sky twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1067f40389cfb1c/69877069cd68480959098c8b/santa-claus-christmas-009.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See the Exciting Life of Santa Claus, AKA the Most Interesting Man in the World > Sponsored content. 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Made Nagi—EPA by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Dec 22, 2014 5:40 PM UTC Whether riding his hog on the city streets or shredding some serious waves, these Kris Kringles do a whole lot more than laugh like a bowl of jelly.  Kim Chang-Gon dressed as Santa Claus rock-climbs during an event marking the Christmas holiday season on Buckhan mountain near Seoul, South Korea on Dec. 21, 2014. Jeon Heon-Kyun—EPA  A man dressed as Santa Claus jumps over a barricade on a wakeboard on the Blauer See lake in Garbsen, Germany on Dec. 6, 2014. Alexander K'rner—AP  A worker dressed as a Santa Claus delivers gifts to tourists in the cable car ahead of Christmas Day celebrations in Pingjiang county in China's Hunan province. AP  A man portraying Santa Claus moves between cars while greeting passengers during a Polar Express holiday train ride to the "North Pole" on the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, in Portland, Maine. The Polar Express is the largest annual fundraiser for the railroad's museum. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Robert F. Bukaty—AP  Guatemalan firefighter Hector Chacon dressed as Santa Claus goes down a cable from a bridge to deliver presents to children in Guatemala City on Dec. 21, 2014. Johan Ordoneza—AFP/Getty Images  A trainer dressed as Santa Claus performs with a bottle-nose dolphin during a show at the Aqua Stadium aquarium in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2014. Yoshikazu Tsuno—AFP/Getty Images  Gene Desrosiers dressed as Santa Claus rides his scooter down on Dec. 19, 2014 in Fairhaven, Mass. Peter Pereira—Standard Times/AP  Two woman dressed as angels and Santa Claus rappel from a 100-meter high panorama point in Berlin on Dec. 14, 2014. Paul Zinken—AP  A Balinese man dressed as Santa Claus teaches orphan children how to surf at a beach in Bali, Indonesia on Dec. 7, 2014. Made Nagi—EPA  A member of the special police forces dressed as Santa Claus suit waves to staff as he descends from the roof of a pediatrics clinic in Ljubljana, SLovenia on Dec. 16, 2014. Srdjan Zivulovic—Reuters  A man dressed as Santa Claus waits to board a train at a subway station in Sao Paulo on Dec. 12, 2014. 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