--- description: Little girl think man in white beard is Santa at a West Virginia Walmart title: Watch a Little Girl Adorably Confuse a Walmart Shopper for Santa image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Little Girl Adorably Confuse a Walmart Shopper for Santa  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 18, 2015 3:44 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 18, 2015 3:44 PM CUT ’Tis the season when older men with white beards may get confused for Santa Claus. Robert Riley of Zanesville, Ohio, is making headlines for uploading a video to Facebook from the Walmart in Hurricane, West Virginia that shows his daughter Sophie Jo walking up to a man with a white beard who was wearing a red sweater to see if he was Santa. The older person seemed flattered, and so he got down on one knee and asked, “Have you been a good girl this year?”, before asking her about her plans for Christmas. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4154713/girl-walmart-santa/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4154713/girl-walmart-santa/"},"headline":"Watch a Little Girl Adorably Confuse a Walmart Shopper for Santa","datePublished":"2015-12-18T15:44:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:56.374Z","description":"He sure looks like St. Nick","url":"https://time.com/4154713/girl-walmart-santa/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society","Holidays"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4154713/girl-walmart-santa/","name":"Watch a Little Girl Adorably Confuse a Walmart Shopper for Santa"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Here Is an Adorable Compilation of Kids Reacting to Opening Christmas Presents","description":"From jubilant exclamations — \"Santa knowed what I wanted for Christmas!\" — to earsplitting shrieks, here are some of our favorite reactions.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bphe0Q3F/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-12-20T15:53:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bphe0Q3F.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4154713/girl-walmart-santa/","duration":"PT1M19S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4154713/girl-walmart-santa/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```