In Florida, Santa threw away his nine reindeer and flying sleigh(雪橇) and celebrated the Christmas with a surfboard. The remarkable moment happened at Cocoa Beach on Christmas Eve Friday, when hundreds of brave people put on their best Santa costumes to celebrate the holiday and benefit local charities.
More than 10,000 viewers traveled to Florida’s Space Coast for the 12th annual Surfing Santas event and watched 400-plus surfers shred waves for a good cause. The organization had to call off its event last year due to the coronavirus pandemic(新冠病毒大流行), but this year Surfing Santas went all out with a six-city block venue at 3 Minutemen Causeway Beach. Former New England Patriots quarterback(爱国者队四分卫) Doug Flutie started the event Friday morning by jumping out of a helicopter into the Atlantic Ocean wearing a Santa costume. The rest of the day was filled with space-themed goodies, costume contests, Hawaiian dancers and a visit from Santa Claus.
A media representative for Surfing Santas told Fox News Digital that the organization has raised $62,000 from selling T-shirts at this year’s surf event — a record year for the organization. According to event leaders at Surfing Santas, the money from the Christmas Eve surf event will be donated to Florida-based charities.
The organization said it has raised more than $200,000 from its 11 previous Surfing Santas events for two local nonprofits — Grind for Life, a financial assistance program for the people who suffered from the cancer, and the Florida Surf Museum, a surfing preservation society. Both organizations are based in Cocoa Beach.
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