Saturday, November 5, 2011

Santa Claus 101

Just in case you've ever wondered how Santa gets his training...this article tells of Michigan's Santa Claus Bootcamp. Since they have people attending from all over the world and just graduated their 75th class, it's probably safe to say they know what they're doing...


As a side note...When I was a teenager, my family and I spent one summer working at a place called "Santa's Land". It's located on the Cherokee Indian Reservation is Western North Carolina. While Dad worked on the park rides and Mom worked in the front gift shop (the one you didn't have to pay to get in to)...I worked the park...as an Elf...in tights and the whole elf costume.

Many of the people who worked in the park lived in housing located behind the property. Imagine how hard it was for my brother (who is 11 years younger than me) to understand why we had one Santa living across the street and another next door. After watching them both for several days, he finally decided the one across the street was the "real" thing and the other just helped out because "Santa can't work all the time!" Which goes to show if you want to believe something enough, you'll figure out a way.

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