RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Santa Claus has shed his suit and grabbed his surfboard to celebrate the first day of summer in Brazil at the famed Copacabana beach. Actor Paulo Mourao, with a white beard and a Santa hat, greeted children and dipped his toes in the Atlantic Ocean in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday. He said it was too hot for the full suit and instead wore shorts, a t-shirt and a Hawaiian shirt.
Santa, with surfboard, celebrates Brazil's 1st day of summer