AALBORG, Denmark \u2013 While Europe’s still in the throes of summer heat, it\u2019s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Danish city of Aalborg.<\/p>\n
Dozens of Santas, Mrs. Clauses and elves from around the world have descended on Denmark’s fourth-largest city for the Nordic nation\u2019s annual World Santa Claus Congress, a colorful midsummer tradition for decades.<\/p>\n
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