veteran Santa Claus portrayer Eric Schmitt-Matzen was the one with tears in his eyes as he helped one special little boy in his final moments of life. Schmitt-Matzen, who portrays the jolly man in ...

So what happens when a child's logic -- or perhaps a friend -- reveals a few inconsistencies in the jolly old man's story ... in their minds that Santa Claus may not be real, they'll ask questions ...

but it’s real,” Heidi, a seasoned vet of the festive sorting office told Cover Images. The Santa Claus Main Post Office first opened in 1991 — and is considered Santa’s “official ...

What is Christmas without Santa? A Christmas morning with empty stockings and a feeling of disappointment that the mysterious, yet jolly old man did not make his annual visit? If you knew who the real ...

Like so much of the planet, the jolly red man has found a home online ... "Are you a real child? Are you a real kid?" Makela attended the CW Howard Santa Claus School in Midland, Michigan ...

"Our results suggest that the best way to transition to disbelief is for children to gradually conclude on their own that ...

For 16 years, Charles Brack made the more than 800-mile trip from his Georgia home to Lancaster County to spend 12-hour days as Santa Claus at Park ... remember him as a man devoted to his ...