Yes, he might have been a real person back in the day (You may have heard of St. Nick?). None of that magic reindeer crap, though. Yes, but only because I'm too brainwashed and scared to think what would happen to me if I died and there was no heaven/hell. Yes, my Great-Grandmother sees them all the time. Usually the good kind of ghosts (departed loved ones, angels, etc.), nothing like Silent Hill.