Santa Claus braved Saturday’s cold to celebrate the holidays by water-skiing on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia.
The 37th annual Water-Skiing Santa show took place in Waterfront Park at 1 p.m. The event is considered an Alexandria tradition.
The "Santa News Network" livestreamed and announced the event from a boat in the river. They had special guest Frosty the Snowman on board to assist.
"He loves to give the elves a little play time, he loves to let them ski a little bit, but they got to go to work. Santa is getting ready, he wants to ski for everybody, " the announcer said.
Santa water-skied along with two reindeers. In his first ski pass he was not able to get up because of some "ice under his skis."
Santa's second ski pass was a success. He got up, waved at the crowd and brought some holiday cheer to the people on the shore.
The event had lots of sunshine and temperatures in the 20s. There was a solid crowd at the Waterfront and their cheers could be heard throughout the event.
The Grinch also made an appearance along with “wakeboarders, flipping elves, slalom skiers, tubing elves and flipping wakeboarders.”
Visit Waterskiing Santa's Facebook for more information about the event.
