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Has a long beard. Lives as a recluse in a foreign land. Shoves suspicious packages down chim neys. Are we really supposed to trust this so-called Santa Claus? One St. Louis shopping mall says no and has barred a familiar St. Nick from the premises.

For five years now, Roy Tidwell has done his holiday shopping dressed as Father Christmas. But new security rules in place since Sept. 11 at the Westfield South County Mall prohibit visitors from wearing costumes.

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