The hat came off surprisingly easy - especially since it hadn't moved once during all that flying. The beard, of course, grew right back. "Noooo... Please... Not the belly, too. Please!!"
The head elf leaned towards him. "You really are Superman, aren't you?" Clark nodded. "Okay, then, no belly - at least until you have to deliver the gifts, but Superman or not you are also Santa. At least until we can find Kris Kringle."