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6th Annual Las Vegas Great Santa Run and Kris Kringle Jingle

Photos by David Becker

December 4, 2010 - 4:34 pm

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Runners participate in the 2012 Great Santa Run. Ginger Meurer/Special to View

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Thousands of Santas gathered in the cool morning air for the Las Vegas Great Santa Run and Kris Kringle Jingle at Town Square in Las Vegas on Saturday, Dec. 4th, 2010. The run and/or walk event, a benefit for Opportunity Village, attempted to break the Guinness World Record for "the largest gathering of Santa Clauses". The record was set in 2007 by Derry City, Northern Ireland, where 12,965 Santas gathered.

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