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Accompanied through a large number of swimmers with torches, Santa Claus crossed the Moselle in a rowing boat in Bernkastel-Kues. © Harald Tittel/dpa
Accompanied through a large number of swimmers with torches, Santa Claus crossed the Moselle in a rowing boat in Bernkastel-Kues. A person in purple with a thick beard then disbursed presents.
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For the particular tournament, about 100 swimmers coated a distance of about 1.8 kilometers. All of them held torches of their palms and wore purple Santa hats and particular diving fits. Many spectators covered the shore and the bridge to respect the sunshine spectacle.
The Santa marketing campaign has been working within the the town of Moselle for greater than 40 years and is among the primary points of interest on the Bernkastel Christmas marketplace, organizers say.
Bernkastel-Kuss has lengthy been related to St. Nicholas. In 1338, boatmen and fishermen based the brotherhood of Saint Nicholas as a result of they thought to be Saint Nicholas their patron saint.
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