Santas across the world gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday to attend the annual Santa Claus World Congress, a professional forum for Santas to exchange experience, network and have some fun. /VCG Photo

Participants from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Spain, Germany, the United States and Japan visited the Little Mermaid statue, and took a canal tour in the capital. /VCG Photo

The first Santa Claus World Congress was held in 1957. /VCG Photo