By Patrick Wensink When you step back and look at him from the right angle, Santa Claus is some combination of action hero and reverse cat burglar. The guy is fearless. Who else could land a team of flying reindeer atop...

“He’s a Southern gentleman, but he’s eccentric. I don’t know much about his past,” says Dorsie Fyffe, over the phone from his car in Texas. “But you can tell he probably did some theater, maybe played some banjo...