Oh yay! Such fun!

A guy I knew once played Santa. He was Santa-shaped, but generally known as a gruff, rude person, the kind his employees suspected might eat small children for breakfast. So my friend and I snuck into the store and watched from behind a shelf - and he was amazing! So kind, and sweet and gentle with the children who were kind of afraid of Santa that it floored us! We never looked at him the same way again.