REAL KRIS KRINGEL DELIVERS PIZZAS, NOT TOYS

REAL KRIS KRINGEL DELIVERS PIZZAS, NOT TOYS

NORTH POLE, Alaska (Wireless Flash) -- Yes, Virginia, there really is a Kris Kringel. However, this Kris Kringel is in his 40s, delivers pizzas instead of toys and gets around in a 1984 Ford Tempo instead of a sleigh. The real-life Kris Kringel grew up in the continental U.S., but moved to North Pole, Alaska, two-and-a-half years ago. Kringel's silver hair, fuzzy beard and jelly belly have made folks mistake him for Santa numerous times -- especially when he delivers pizzas wearing a bright red robe he calls his "ho-ho robe." Although the pizza-delivering Kris Kringel doesn't mind kids telling him what they want for Christmas, he hopes this year, Santa will remember him by bringing him a "Mrs. Kringel."