1. News & Issues  Discuss in my forum  Readers' Best Santa Claus
Sightings   ARE YOU A believer? Do you think that Santa Claus is
just a myth created to charm children and get them to behave?
("He knows if you've been bad or good....") Or do you believe he
is a real person who has magical powers and a close association
with Christmas?  The evidence for the existence of Santa Claus
is largely anecdotal, such as the reader stories that follow. As
far I know, there are no credible photos of old Kris Kringle
that most people would say is just some guy in a costume. Nor
have I ever seen a non-Photoshopped picture of a flying sleigh
pulled by reindeer. The evidence of presents delivered on
Christmas Eve could be disputed by department store and Amazon
receipts.  Yet the people who wrote the stories below swear by
their sightings. As paranormal researchers, can we dismiss their
claims out of hand - any more than we would hastily dismiss
claimed sightings of Mothman or the chupacabras?  I'll leave
that for you to dec