Yup, this actually happened ten years ago today. Kite artists Nasser Volant built a full-scale model of Santa Claus, his sleigh, and two horses out of balsa wood. After parading it through the Christmas Market at the Trocadero in Paris, they attached it to balloons and flew it above the market. That's no small Santa! I'm actually impressed they could fly a detailed sculpture that was bigger than the balloons carrying it. Nice work bringing our floaty fantasies one step closer to reality. Now, why isn't there any video of this?
Yup, this actually happened ten years ago today. Kite artists Nasser Volant built a full-scale model of Santa Claus, his sleigh, and two horses out of balsa wood. After parading it through the Christmas Market at the Trocadero in Paris, they attached it to balloons and flew it above the market. That's no small Santa! I'm actually impressed they could fly a detailed sculpture that was bigger than the balloons carrying it. Nice work bringing our floaty fantasies one step closer to reality. Now, why isn't there any video of this?