When kiddoes do this when he's at Target, he usually chuckles and lays a finger aside his nose, a la the poem and also Tom Baker in "Day of the Doctor". #Santa #HogFather

For context, this happens every year, with increasing frequency as the wheel turns toward Yule. One time at Samhain a toddler trick-or-treater on our doorstep took one look at him and instead of saying "trick or treat" said "Dear Santa, for Christmas I want...." #Santa #Hogfather