Why is Santa so jolly all the time? Sherry? Senility? Or is it something else?

John Toomey the 68-year-old Santa who had been working the holidays at the San Fransisco Macy's since 1991 (until he was fired), might have the answer.

"When I ask the older people who sit on my lap if they have been good, and they say, 'Yes,' I say, 'Gee, that's too bad'," he explained.

"Then, if they ask why Santa is so jolly, I joke that it's because I know where all the naughty boys and girls live," he added. "Everything was going OK until this couple came in. I don't know why they reported me. I don't think I said anything untoward."

The firing whipped up a minor media storm in San Fransisco, and John was back at work as Santa within two weeks and on double the money he was being paid previously. For a video of the suggestive St. Nick, keep reading.