EElephant Santas deliver gifts in Thailand. They were dressed up as Santa Claus to give out presents and candy to students in Thailand in an annual Christmas tradition in the mostly Buddhist country.
The Christmas celebration at the Jirasartwitthaya kindergarten school in Ayutthaya, north of Bangkok, has run for 15 years.
This year four elephants and their mahouts, also wearing Santa hats, visited the school and gave away presents to the students, said Lardthongtare Meepan, owner of the Ayuttahaya Elephant Palace, an elephant camp.