Rogue Santa Rebels

BELLEVUE, Wash. — With his cheerful greeting he gives to each customer, you’d never guess this Santa is staging a rebellion.

“Kinda going rogue,” says postal carrier Bob McLean. “Might get in trouble.”

For the last ten years, right around Christmas time, McLean grows out his beard and slips into his red suit before delivering the mail along his route.

“I see children walking up and down the street, going ‘Look Mom! Santa Claus, Santa Claus,’” says Chapa Hernandez, a long time jeweler on Bellevue’s Main Street.

But this year, a co-worker complained, saying he wasn’t in compliance with the dress code. So the postmaster ordered him to stop wearing it.

Do you agree with the the postmaster’s decision to forbid McLean from wearing his Santa suit?