18,112 Santa Clauses break Guinness record

Thrissur (Kerala), Dec 27: The archdiocese of Thrissur in Kerala Saturday created a new Guinness World Record when they assembled 18,112 Santa Clauses on the streets and broke the existing record set by Derry in Northern Ireland with 13,000. The event, named "Boun Natale 2014", was the brainchild of Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, who had last year managed to parade 5,000 Santas. Guinness officials were Saturday present to oversee the record-breaking event, and each and every Santa was bar-coded before they assembled, to make a scientific evaluation on the exact number. Luciya, a Guinness representative from Britain, told the gathering that Saturday's event will be registered in the Guinness World Records as the largest assembly of Santas. The announcement was greeted with a huge applause by the Santas.