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05th Oct 2015

A man legally named Santa Claus is running for election in North Pole, Alaska

Deck the halls with sensible policies

Carl Kinsella

The closest thing we’ve got is Mick Wallace.

It looks like Santa Claus is getting out of the toy business and going into professional politics.

A man who is legally named Santa Claus is running for city council in a small city called North Pole in Alaska.

“Does he look like Santa Claus?”, we hear you ask. He does, if Santa Claus raided the wardrobe of a druid. santa claus WOW

Mr. Claus is an advocate for children’s rights and has previously won the SCPC 2009 International Peace Prize (according to his Facebook page). His Facebook page also contains other gems, such as him begging people to stop asking him for presents.

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To be fair, if he didn’t want kids asking you for presents, we can think of at least three mistakes he’s mistaking off the top our heads.