Nearly 1,000 Santas ran through downtown New Bedford Saturday for the annual Santa Run 5k road race.

Runners from all around the SouthCoast dressed in Santa suits and hats ran the flat course that began and finished at MacArthur Drive and Union Street.

This year's fastest time was 19:16.5 by Pete Klabe from Newark, NJ.

The fastest time from the youth 1k was 11-year-old Abigail Nelson of Westport. Her time was 1:47.7.

 

This year's registration fees helped support local charities Gifts to Give and Sister Rose House Soup Kitchen.

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