Skydiving Santa Claus graces Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Global Village in Dubai

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Global Village kicks-off its seasonal celebrations in style with a tree lighting ceremony on Thursday evening.  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #Christmas #SantaClaus

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00:00I thought you might say that, hello owls, hello gingerbread men, come and gather round.

00:28Have you been breathing? Do you know what you're doing tonight here?

00:32Excellent, excellent, that's pretty much all he said, so that's good, but no,

00:35we watched you coming down, was it exciting, was it fun, skydiving Santa into Global Village,

00:41was it good? In order for the tree to become illuminated for our 26th season

00:49Christmas event here at Global Village. It's a good tree isn't it, do you like it?

00:53He likes it, he likes it, it's fantastic, all right everybody, are you ready for the countdown?

01:04I don't think that was good, do you think they can do better?

01:09Okay, are you ready for the countdown?

01:13All right, so Santa, when we get to one, you press the button, the tree will come on,

01:17things will happen in the sky, things will happen on Celebration Walk, everyone will clap to you,

01:22furniture will be in the air, it will be wonderful. Okay, are you ready everyone? Here we go,

01:2710, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

01:38Santa, he's pressed the button, the tree has come on, it's snowing on Celebration Walk,

01:44and right over there there's fireworks in the sky. Thank you everyone, thank you Santa,

01:50you were amazing, thank you for coming out, big Santa hug there, you were wonderful,

01:55did you enjoy yourself? He loved it, he loved it, thank you all, you were wonderful, thank you for joining us.

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