HARBIN, China -The northern city of Harbin, China, often referred to as China’s freezing city has built what is said to be the world’s largest Santa ice sculpture ever.

The sculpture was carved for the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival which was held on December 24, 2008.

The “Father Christmas” sculpture is 525 feet long and 24 meters high. It’s detail is amazing. Warmer than usual temperatures have made it more challenging to carve the structure. Tang Guangjun spoke with Reuters Television and he told them ” Its huge size and unseasonably warm temperatures have made the job especially challenging. It is even bigger and higher than last year’s, and more difficult. The weather swings between warm and cold, so it becomes very wet and slippery on the ice. It is very dangerous for us.”

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Source: China Daily

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