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Michael Caine provides some comic relief, though not enough for my taste, as Alfred, the Wayne family's venerable butler.
WSJ: Holy Melancholy, 'Batman'!
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The organization is proud of this history -- and is certainly happy with the yearly PR that the annual program brings to NORAD, which is perhaps better known for its association with nearby Cheyenne Mountain, a nuclear bunker that could just as ably provide the setting for some comic book supervillain's lair.
ENGADGET: A visit to NORAD's Santa-tracking facility (video)
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His constant need to eat engenders some of the comic set pieces known in commedia dell'arte as "lazzi, " as when his appetite leads him to gobble a letter and its envelope.
WSJ: One Spring, Two Farces