A Counterfeit Santa Claus

A Counterfeit Santa Claus is an American drama film directed by Hardee Kirkland from December 1912.

He enters a room where the two children of the household had hung their stockings in anticipation of presents.

The parents had decorated the room for Christmas with a tree and prepared a Santa Claus costume for the presents.

Mike takes Santa's big sack and throws in the silver cutlery from the dining room.

He then takes some presents from the tree for his own children and puts on his Santa Claus costume.

The director is said to have been Otis Turner, and the actors are Hobart Bosworth, Olive Cox, Bebe Daniels and Lillian Leighton.