Santa Claus on the picket line yesterday at Overlea Secondary School in East York was Bill McDonald;... [Getty Images]

CANADA - DECEMBER 08: Santa Claus on the picket line yesterday at Overlea Secondary School in East York was Bill McDonald; who taught history and geography at the school before the teachers went on strike; Nov. 12. He walked with librarian Jane Shearer and quite a few of the students. Passing drivers blew horns. (Photo by Dick Loek/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

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