I am a volunteer Santa Claus. AMA

From last year, these are my "real clothes". I wore a "store bought" suit for the photo session.

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edit 1 An excerpt from a note on my facebook page is as follows:

... if some child asks me:

• Are you the real Santa Claus?

I must always answer, truthfully (some paraphrase or "in the moment" version of the following):

• Some people believe I am the real Santa Claus; so, I suppose I am the real Santa Claus to some people; and, if you need me to be the real Santa Claus, I shall be that for you; for you are special

edit 2 This isn't showing up in r/IAmA's "new" list, for some reason, so... it was nice to get questions from people surfing the main page new submissions. Thanks, all.