Is Santa Claus real or not?

i ask my friends what did they get for Christmas and they tell me what they got. but then, this is so weird. i then ask some of my closet friends if Santa Claus is real. some say yes and some say no. which one is true? i keep thinking he is and he is not! it's so weird. i'm thinking for now on that it's just some sort of fantasy or legend. please tell me is Santa is real!