Posted Dec 20, 2012
ByA police officer dressed in a blue Santa Claus costume visited the Macacos slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The Pacifying Police Unit, or UPP, organized for Santa to visit the pacified slum, dropped in by police helicopter, to hand out Christmas gifts to young residents.
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A police officer dressed in a Santa Claus costume, with the blue color representing the police, walks in Macacos slum after arriving in a police helicopter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The Pacifying Police Unit, or UPP, organized for Santa to visit the pacified slum to hand out Christmas gifts to young residents. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Children wait to receive gifts at a Christmas party organized by the Pacifying Police Unit, or UPP, in the Macacos slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The Pacifying Police Unit, or UPP, organized for Santa to visit the pacified slum to hand out Christmas gifts to young residents. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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A police officer dressed in a blue Santa Claus costume holds a sack and cane in the Macacos slum after arriving by police helicopter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The Pacifying Police Unit, or UPP, organized for Santa to visit the pacified slum to hand out Christmas gifts to young residents. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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A policeman of the Peacekeeping Police Unit (UPP) dressed up as Santa Claus in Rio de Janeiro's military police colours, arrives for a Christmas party at Macacos slum in Rio de Janeiro December 20, 2012. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
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A policeman of the Peacekeeping Police Unit (UPP) dressed up as Santa Claus in Rio de Janeiro's military police colours, plays with children during a Christmas party at Macacos slum in Rio de Janeiro December 20, 2012. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
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A policeman of the Peacekeeping Police Unit (UPP) dressed up as Santa Claus in Rio de Janeiro's military police colours, plays with children during a Christmas party at Macacos slum in Rio de Janeiro December 20, 2012. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
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A policeman of the Peacekeeping Police Unit (UPP) dressed up as Santa Claus in Rio de Janeiro's military police colours, arrives for a Christmas party at Macacos slum in Rio de Janeiro December 20, 2012. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
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A youth gives a thumbs up to the camera during a Christmas party organized by the Pacifying Police Unit, or UPP, in the Macacos slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The Pacifying Police Unit, or UPP, organized for Santa to visit the pacified slum to hand out Christmas gifts to the young residents. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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A police officer dressed in a blue Santa Claus costume, with the blue color representing the police, is surrounded by kids after handing out gifts in the Macacos slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The Pacifying Police Unit, or UPP, organized for Santa to visit the pacified slum to hand out Christmas gifts to young residents. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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A policeman of the Peacekeeping Police Unit (UPP) gives the finishing touch to the costume of a colleague dressed up as Santa Claus in Rio de Janeiro's military police colours, before a Christmas party at Macacos slum in Rio de Janeiro December 20, 2012. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
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A police officer dressed in a blue Santa Claus costume braces against the wind as he is escorted out of a helicopter as he arrives to the Macacos slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. The Pacifying Police Unit, or UPP, organized for Santa to visit the pacified slum to hand out Christmas gifts to young residents. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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