Started about three years ago.

3 seconds sound clip from the Miracle on 34th Street (1947) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:14:08 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Sure makes a bum out of the one they gave you.

- But even that one's better than the one I wear.

- You, Alfred?

- Yeah, I play Santa Claus over at the Y near our block, see?

- No kidding.

- Started about three years ago.

- They had a costume, but, well, it didn't have no paddin' and since I carry my own paddin' around with me, I got the job, see?

- You enjoy impersonating me?

- Oh, yeah.

- Why?

- Oh, I don't know. It's...

- When I give packages to little kids, I like to watch their faces get that Christmas look all of a sudden. It makes me feel kind of good and important.

[...]