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them, so they leave still believing and still excited about the magic of the Christmas season.”
But it’s not just tots that climb on his lap and whisper their wishes in his ear. Mann says nearly a quarter of his visitors are adults like mothers and daughters, boyfriends and girlfriends, newlyweds and office groups such as America Online that come to pose with him.
He said some Santa skeptics still swing by. “It’s mainly older children. Some still want to believe, and they’re pretty easily re-convinced, but some are just died in the wool. The whole thing is, we have a lot of fun.”
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