Santa Claus may not make it to Mumbai this year, as travel is disrupted due to Covid restrictions, but his hat has found its way here. A giant Santa hat has been installed atop a tree on the Carter Road, Bandra West promenade. The hat, which sits on top of a tree that has huge Christmas decorations, is designed as a selfie-point, and hopefully, a conversation starter for people about nature, its value, the gifts it gives us through the year. It is the site of the #TheRealSanta campaign, which gives a message that ‘Nature is the real Santa’.

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On Tuesday late morning, the BMC and Godrej Industries Limited announced their collaboration at the Carter Road, Santa hat selfie spot, specifically created for ‘nature is the real Santa’ campaign. Ashwini Bhide, additional municipal commissioner, eastern suburbs, said, “The current atmosphere demands more awareness and conversations around protecting nature. We thought this was an apt time for such an initiative. Santa comes once annually; nature gives us her bounty through the year. So, we need to take care of nature. We were happy to collaborate to spread the message on how we all need to preserve our ecosystem to give humanity a better future.”