Santa Claus in court: From bingo prizes to custody hearings

By Nathan Baker ( December 15, 2021, 11:53 AM EST) -- In Miracle on 34th Street, the battle over whether Santa Claus exists went to court. A similar drama played out in RM (Re) 2018 119737 where Ontario’s Consent and Capacity Board had to consider the involuntary admission of RM initially claimed to be Santa Claus upon admission. Unlike the movie though, RM would later go on to deny being Santa stating that he had grown a beard to audition for a part as Kris Kringle and “that he would never tell a child who believed in Santa Clause [sic] that Santa Clause was not real.” The board unanimously found that RM did not meet the criteria for involuntary admission....