Virtual visits with Santa? Just another offbeat thing about 2020

A man dressed as Santa Claus wears a protective face shield at a mall. Geer says the virtual Santa market will differentiate itself enough that even post-pandemic, the video calls will still be in demand. — The Patriot-News via AP

If there were any year without a Santa Claus, it would be 2020.

Randy Maxey, of Clearwater, decided 2020 would be the year he’d don the red suit and show off his natural white beard as Santa, but then the pandemic hit. Like most men who embody the jolly old man from the North Pole, Maxey, 60, is at an age that makes him vulnerable to Covid-19.