FILE - Santa Claus makes an appearance Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in downtown St. Joseph, Mich., during the annual Reindog Parade. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP, File)

(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

FILE - Tito Perez, dressed as Santa Claus, waves to children while standing on the back of a horse cart, at a pre-Christmas celebration organized by "Los Chicos de la Via" soup kitchen, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

FILE - Handlers guide a Santa Claus balloon down Sixth Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

FILE - Jorge Barroso, dressed as Santa Claus, stands on his boat while sailing to visit a community along the jungle shoreline to give out presents to children in the Amazon basin, near Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas state, Brazil, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

FILE - A fan wearing a Santa Claus beard holds a child during the second half of an NFL football game between the Tennessee Titans and the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)