Updated: Dec. 17, 2012 at 2:18 PM

Santa Clause in Gaza (18 images)

Santa Clause continues to grow in popularity among Palestinian children.

A Palestinian wears a Santa Claus costume in the annual Christmas parade in Manger Square outside the Church of Nativity on Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, West Bank on December 24, 2008. (UPI Photo/Debbie Hill)

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Palestinian children wear Santa costumes at the traditional Christmas Eve procession in Bethlehem, West Bank on December 24, 2008. (UPI Photo/Debbie Hill)

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A Palestinian Santa Claus greets children at the Latin Patriarch School in Gaza, December 24, 2001. bdelrahman Al-khateeb/UPI

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