The chase attracts nearly 20, 000 visitors each year, hoping for the Swiss Santa to leave some sweets in their shoes the next morning.

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Mr Martin, it turns out, had been walking back to the house of his father's girlfriend in the gated community, having bought some sweets and iced tea at a nearby corner store.

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Pick up some milky sweets or eat a nice, hot curry off a banana leaf, and see some stunning examples of Tamil temple architecture at the Sri Mariamman Temple, whose four walls enclose both the holy space of worship and, to the faithful, the universe entire.

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North Yorkshire County Council said the school had a long tradition of children celebrating their birthdays by sharing out sweets at the end of the day but some parents had suggested that they should give money to buy something for the school instead.

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