![]() Again, I'm a little younger - maybe when I'm older that's what I'll want. But it can be very isolating to be a mall Santa. So they never like the Santas to be where they're from, because they don't want people recognizing them, which makes perfect sense. Another Santa from Boston goes out to Minnesota. Like the Burlington Massachusetts Santa - he comes from Georgia. Not every Santa's real beard looks as good as the Santa in "Miracle on 34th Street," for example.Ī little secret about mall Santas: They never stay in their area. I try not to take it too seriously, but I have a really beautiful beard. And you'll notice I didn't say fake beard. You know where you're going to be, and you really just need to sit. 2, it starts the day after Halloween, so those guys are getting paid for eight weeks of work. For me it fits - I'm high-energy and I really like putting on a show.įor mall Santas, there are advantages and disadvantages. The majority of my events are within 25 miles of Boston, but it's a big market. But I like the market I'm in because I get to go all over New England. I don't know what other areas are like, although I talked to a great Santa Claus in Dallas and he keeps just as busy. Like, Santa Claus has always lit the tree on the Boston Commons. It's an older area where there are a lot of kids, and there's this history of Santa Claus here. I'm fortunate to be in the Boston market. There's nothing better than a 5-year-old on Christmas Eve who's flipping out because Santa's visited her house. Then, of course, kids get to sit with me, take a photo, tell me what they want for Christmas (though it's Christmas Eve, so hopefully they've gotten me their list by then). I'm like, I can't physically carry this many presents in.Įach visit I do a reading of "The Night Before Christmas," I do a little caroling, I do a little bit of magic. I have the capacity to carry about 50 pounds, and I will get to places and they'll have four bags and 200 pounds of presents. One funny thing is, people actually think I'm a magic elf. When I get to the houses, I obviously bring presents in. ![]() My visits are in and around Boston, and it takes me from the South Shore of Boston up to the North Shore and around. On Christmas Eve I only do 30-minute visits.Īnd I follow a kind of map and everybody's locked in. Most of my visits are usually about an hour. Christmas Eve visits are a little different. It's first come, first served, with preference given to my older clients. It's dark and the family's together and they've eaten, so that's the most popular time. I've got clients I've visited for 13 years now.Īnd everybody wants the same time - they all want around 7 p.m. I'll have five or six days off somewhere in between Thanksgiving and Christmas.Ĭhristmas Eve is the biggest day. and my last visit is scheduled for 9 p.m. And then as we get closer to Christmas Eve, the majority of my events are parties in people's homes.Ĭhristmas Eve is the busiest day. Then toward the middle of December, that's when I start getting into more corporate parties, private parties. Drug stores, car dealerships - they'll bring me in to set the tone for the season and whatnot. I did a photo shoot for Legal Sea Foods, where they had me as Santa Claus taking photos of their clam chowder or their lobster. The first week of December is more promotional work - a lot of photo shoots. The real season starts to ramp up after Thanksgiving. And a lot of last-minute requests come in too. But the real majority of the requests start coming in October and November. Some people will book from the year before. We start receiving calls and emails in August to book events. The busy season is December, Thanksgiving to Christmas. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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