I'm afraid the naysayers are right. Santa doesn't exist... at least not at the North Pole.
Interesting fact I learned from an elementary school library book. The whole notion of a "jolly old man in a red suit bringing gifts to kiddies in a flying reindeer driven slay" came from Lapland. Before masquerading as "Santa" he was known as a Lap Shaman, a wizard who ate hallucinatory mushrooms and thought he could fly. He fed these little morsels to his reindeer which made them fly also. His purpose in delivering gifts to little kiddies in mid winter was to ward off the evil doldrums of long dark days. When Catholicism came to "convert" the heathens, the celebration was incorporated into Christmas.
Also of interest: Penguins are South Polers. They will never have the chance to clash cymbals over a sleeping polar bear...