Santa goes into the jungle in a motorized fishing boat

Santa Claus voyaged into the jungle in his traditional red suit and with a bag of presents in a motorized fishing boat instead of a sled, and distributed Christmas gifts to children in communities on the banks of the Amazon River. Santa’s goal is to reach 4,500 children from poor riverside communities.

The initiative's coordinator Denise Cassama said the joy of seeing a child smiling is priceless. This is the 25th event led by the Santa Claus Friends initiative, a group from Manaus that started the Christmas campaign in 1998. Since then, the group has reached more than 150,000 children in the Amazon riverbanks near capital Manaus.