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About 10 years ago, I graduated college.

I was unable to find immediate work and got pretty desperate to round Christmas time.

So I took on the iconic role of Santa Claus at my local mall.

But since Christmas is probably my favorite holiday, I never had a problem getting into character.

And well, thanks to my love of pizza and beer, I've never had a problem looking the part either.

All it took was the addition of one of those glossy, fake white beards and the iconic red suit

itself, and that was making myself feel festive just by looking in the mirror.

I had the voice down, the suits, the beard, and if I'm being honest, I was pretty proud of how

good a Santa I was. Outside of the holiday season, I now work as an admin assistant for a shipping

company. Not exactly the most exciting job in the world, but it pays all right.

So when the annual opportunity to don the red suit and make some kids smile comes around,

I jump at the chance.

However, during my time on the job, the most valuable lesson I learned was that you can never,

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