As it turns out, you don’t actually have to go to the North Pole to find Santa. As founder of the Northern Lights Santa Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, Santa Rick is constantly on the lookout for potential Kris Kringles. When he’s out and about at restaurants, grocery stores or elsewhere: “I’m always stopping to talk to people — whether they have a beard or not.”
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