EditorialFrank Pascuzzi, who legally changed his name to Santa Claus in 2012, at his home in Copiague, N.Y. on Nov. 11, 2021. Pascuzzi got his start playing Kris Kringle at a local Macy’s during the holiday season in 1999. (Timothy O'Connell/The New York Times)
EditorialJoe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, meets with people as he campaigns outside the Amazing Grace Bakery & Cafe in Duluth, Minn., Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)