Small bells with Christmas decorations are hung at a shop in Riga, capital of Latvia, Dec. 23, 2007. People around the world are greeting the forthcoming Christmas Day. (Xinhua Photo)

An Arabic girl runs past a Christmas gift shop in the Christian quarter of the old city of Jerusalem Dec. 23, 2007. (Xinhua Photo) A man from Finland dressed in Santa Claus outfit poses for photos with an infant in Chongqing, southwest city of China, Dec. 23, 2007. "Santa" was invited from its "hometown" to celebrate the upcoming Chiristmas with the locals. (Xinhua Photo) A diver clad in a Santa Claus costume feeds a dolphin in a large tank as part of a Christmas event at Kaiyukan aquarium in Osaka, Japan, Dec. 23, 2007. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) Kyrgyz schoolchildren return home after taking part in "The Best Santa" contest in the village of Tash-Moinok, 30 kilometers (19 miles) north from the capital Bishkek, Dec. 23, 2007. Santa Claus has become more popular in the predominantly Muslim Central Asian republic and some Swedish experts insist Santa should have his home based somewhere in the mountainous ex-Soviet state because it is the only place from which he can reach on time every home on earth during the short Christmas period. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) A man dressed as Father Frost, the local equivalent of Santa Claus, pets a reindeer as he arrives for a New Year festival for children outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk Dec. 23, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)