AdvertisementIs Santa Real? A Doubting Brother And The Gift Of A Mother's VoiceDecember 23, 2018Bruce AusterfacebookEmailBruce Auster (left), with his father, Stanley, and his brother, Gordon, look at family photographs at Gordon's home in Kildeer, Ill. A decades-old recording of Bruce's mother trying to convince Gordon that Santa Claus is real has brought back memories for the family. (Beth Rooney for NPR)