Russian Snow Maidens VS Santa Girls

Check these young and beautiful women from Russia and all over the world dressed in Snow Maiden (Snegurochka) or Santa Claus suits – in Sputnik's photo gallery. Which are the hottest this winter?

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Ten women in Santa Claus-themed bikinis skiing at a ski resort in Xuchang, central China's Henan province to welcome the coming Christmas in temperatures below zero Celsius.

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The winner of the All-Russian beauty contest "Russian Top Model 2016" Natalia Shturbina (from Saratov) appeared in the final dressed as a Snow Maiden on the occasion of the coming New Year.

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Men wearing costumes of Father Frost (Ded Moroz), and women wearing costumes of Snow Maiden (Snegurochka), take part in an annual Ded Moroz contest in Minsk.

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Girls dressed as Santa Claus participate in the annual Santa Claus parade in Portugal. Thousands staged the parade in an attempt to break the Guinness record for most people dressed as Santa Claus.

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Santa Claus-themed costumes were presented at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York.

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Bikers from Samara (central Russia) in costumes of Father Frost and Snow Maiden organized a New Year’s motorcycle race in the city.

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Young women dressed in Santa Claus outfits jump as they pose within the traditional Christmas bath on the beach in downtown Nice.

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Father Frost and Snow Maiden perform at a children’s holiday in the House of the Unions in Moscow.

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Cheerleaders of the Memphis Grizzlies basketball team perform in Santa-themed costumes at an NBA basketball game in Memphis, Tenn.

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Belarusian road police officers dressed in fairy tale costumes direct traffic before the New Year in Minsk.

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Two Lebanese women wearing Santa Claus outfits and waving their national flag water-ski during a show in the bay of Jounieh.

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A seller in Snow Maiden costume at a New Year’s fair in GUM Department Store in Red Square in Moscow.

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Dancers from the Rockettes dance company hold up puppies before the start of a Christmas music show in support of homeless animals.

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Participants of BoogelWoogel festival at alpine resort Rosa Khutor in Sochi.

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Woman in Snow Maiden costumes dance during the Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Samara.

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Dancers dressed in Santa Claus outfits pose for pictures outside a huge shopping mall complex in Hong Kong.

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Members of the Skipper yacht club dressed in costumes of Santa Claus and Snow Maiden riding on the Yenisei river near Krasnoyarsk (Siberia).

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An Australian girl holds her surf board as she gets a helping hand out of the surf from a Santa Claus in Queensland.

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A seller dressed as a Snow Maiden waits for customers to buy tangerines, traditional fruit for the New Year in Russia, at GUM Department Store in Red Square in Moscow.

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Women in Santa Claus-themed bikinis skiing at a ski resort in Xuchang, central China's Henan province to welcome the coming Christmas in temperatures below zero Celsius.