Suing Santa Claus

"'When I started doing this years ago, I never even thought about liability,' Nevada [Victor Nevada, 61, a professional Santa Claus in Calgary, Canada] says. 'But Santas have a pretty good chance of getting sued. You got the obvious things: You drop a child on its head. Then there's Santa saying the wrong thing…. I had a Santa working for me a couple years ago; he had a girl on his knee, and he commented, "You have nice eyes and nice hair." She claimed sexual harassment.'" (J.R. Moehringer, "Ho! Ho! Is More Like Uh-Oh", Los Angeles Times, Dec. 23).