Race with Santa!

The legend of Santa Claus’s annual journey distributing gifts to children visiting all houses of the world has also contributed to the commencement of different types of curious games and funs in the both the real world and the cyber world. Santa Claus race is the foremost one among these games of which you could find varieties in real life and in the internet.

In the internet there are flash versions of Santa Claus racing game are available. In some of them you may be asked to guide Santa Claus through the snowfields using the control on your keyboard or joystick. Despite of a reindeer sleigh, Santa may be using the skate boards and he may be in a mission of distributing gifts and foodstuffs to the children within a prescribed time.

In some other online Santa Claus race versions you may be directing Santa driving a racing car through snow capped fields. Whatever be the background or medium, the mission of Santa games usually be giving away prices to the children within a short time span.

Coming to the real life versions, you could see the news and information regarding Santa Claus running races those take place in different parts of the world. During the Christmas seasons many clubs or such gathering of people decide to conduct a running race in which all of the participants wear the apparels of Santa Claus. Such Santa Claus race usually may have some publicised purpose like raising fund for certain charity works and the like.

To mention a few examples for such Santa Claus race,   Santa Claus half marathon in North Pole, Alaska, Santa Claus Shuffle 5K Race and 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk, etc are of such nature. The organisers of the race is The Tidewater Youth Services Foundation (TYSF), which was known as ‘Children’s Resources – Hampton Roads’, in the earlier days. The Santa Claus Shuffle is being held as a fundraiser of its mother organisation. The organisation supports the risky youth to become productive. With a belief that every young person has value and the potential for a bright future, the TYSF team provides the resources needed to help them realise that potential.

The Santa Claus race in Sydney was such a Santa race with an objective of raising fund for charity works. This interesting race was taken place on November 2009. This was conducted as a charity run to raise money for the uplifting of disadvantaged children. As part of fund raising race, more than 1,000 people, clad in Santa suits, have raced through the streets of Sydney. There are a few more Santa races held in other parts of the world also as part of fundraising for charity works.