Zancai is known for his character Zanta: a modified Santa Claus who travels the streets of downtown Toronto doing pushups and shouting "yes yes yes" and "Merry Christmess".

[7] He violated this order, and as a result was banned from the area south of College St. to King St., and from Yonge over to Spadina Ave.[7] Since that time, Zancai has made appearances on Breakfast Television and claimed to have a verbal agreement allowing him to make regular appearances on the television series Speakers' Corner.

In October 2005, graphic artists Muckney Tipping and Pietro Gagliano filmed Zancai describing his life events and motivation to become known worldwide.

[4] In August 2006, Zancai received a provincial probation order stating that he is "not permitted on any TTC property or vehicle other than surface routes" for two years.

[2] Adam Vaughan, councillor for Trinity—Spadina, has stated that Zancai is "a much-loved character when you don't have to do work around him" but he is nonetheless "probably a public nuisance," and that some people understandably take issue with his behaviour.