84. I AM SANTA CLAUS

mick foley, professional wrestler, produced this film because he loves christmas and loves santa claus.  so much so, that he keeps a christmas room year round in his home.  the film introduces us to several santas, as they live life in the months before christmas and as they gear up for the annual chore of being santa to hundreds of children.  we see how santa grooms, how he maintains his "figure", how he dresses.  some santas actually move to a location for a couple months to serve in the role.  many santas need their santa income to make it through the rest of the year.  all the santas take their role seriously........being santa both in and out of the costume.  mick foley becomes santa in this film and gets good reviews for his love of children and the job.  it's always weird to see santa conventions with dozens of similar, yet different, men milling around in red clothing and snowy white hair.  i admit to some fascination with these men who choose to "be santa".  the worst part of the film is seeing how some don't really have anything else in life except the santa persona; so they are happy and fulfilled for a couple months and lonely for the rest of the year.  right now, as i write this, there are santas everywhere ho, ho, ho-ing themselves into the minds and photographs of children all over the country.  to many of those children.........the ARE santa claus!