Do dogs recognize Santa?

In My Humble Opinion
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This question pertains to those dogs who are visited each year by that all to familiar stranger from the North.
Probably because they belong to a family with children and a father who just misses him because he was out looking.

I always figured dogs can tell who someone is more by smell then anything else.
Yet most of them have a problem with Santa. who they should know like the man they carefully watch eating dinner every night.
Then again, I find dogs get pretty excited if I do things like move furniture or walk with my arms straight up, waving back and forth.

Why wouldn’t they give even their owner the business for dressing in a big furry suit and going Ho-ho-ho?

Or do you think dogs really do believe in Santa Claus?

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No experiences with Santa, but our dogs don’t take kindly to odd stuff attached to us. They start barking if they see us wearing strange clothing, hats more elaborate than a baseball cap, things that cover our faces, or are carrying large objects. Seeing as how dressing up as Santa likely involves all four I can’t imagine they’d take it well.

Now they do recognize us by scent. But you’d have to sufficiently calm them to get them to approach you and start sniffing first. And even then they’re likely to be a bit jumpy for a while.