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Published: 25 December, 2009, 20:36

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A residence for Santa Claus and his Russian brother Father Frost has been built in Moscow. It will certainly satisfy all the needs of the important visitors to the Russian capital.

Made of ice, the chambers will have an exquisite interior and sophisticated furniture. And the surrounding is no worse: an entire ice city made up of small cottage houses, ice slides and sculptures.

Around 500 tons of ice was used to build the seasonal castle, which will melt in just in a few months’ time.

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