Harbin Santa Claus
The world's biggest ice Santa has been built for the 2008 Harbin Ice Festival in Heilongjiang Province in China.
The 160 meter Father Christmas, created by Chinese sculptor Tang Guangjun, is a centerpiece of this year's Harbin Ice Festival.
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Over 800,000 tourists from around China and overseas will visit the festival, which runs from mid-December to early February.
China now has a number of ice festivals to rival the internationally acclaimed Sapporo Snow Festival in nearby Japan.
There are ice and snow festivals in Shenyang in Liaoning Province and Harbin in Heilongjiang Province at this time of the year. In Harbin the amazing ice sculptures are illuminated at night and firework displays are part of the attraction.
