TORONTO - If past trends are any indication, right now, Google is probably seeing major spikes of searches for "is Santa real?"

The search giant confirms that queries such as "is Santa Claus real" and "Santa real" have become more popular with each passing year and typically spike in the days just before Christmas.

According to Google, the most common searches about Santa being real come from users in Ireland.

For the search "is santa claus real," Canadians were the fourth most common to ask the question.

Toronto users also ranked fourth on the list of cities that asked the question most, behind Dallas, Atlanta and Chicago.