SantaEd

A father sneaks downstairs to eat the cookies left for Santa, when suddenly his son catches him in the act. He sprays on a beard of Reddi-Wip to try and disguise himself, but the real Santa is right behind him.    

On June 18, 2015, Lori woke with a vision for a new Christmas character. Since that day, Lori and I have invested more than 600 hours creating a new book, including the concept, layout, book cover, and over thirty amazing illustrations, With your help, this delightful new character will make his debut this Christmas season

Back in March Lori & I shot some “green screen” images to be used in a website. While on the shoot the client asked if we could make a little video for his website too. We did & he just sent me a link to it. Check it out. I think it came out pretty good…

Last night in a Farmers Boys restaurant, the day before in a Hobby Lobby store and nearly every day on LA freeways, parking lots, gas stations faces turn to smiles as people spot Santa Claus. He’s out of place, out of uniform but never out of character. He is unmistakably Santa Claus. Usually wearing white

Part of being Santa Claus all year long is suprising children (and adults) by showing up in unexpected locations. Least weeked it was a pool party for a the birthday of a 3 year old. It was a TON OF FUN.   

I googled on “Santa Claus for Rent Los Angeles”. That was the answer I heard when I asked a woman I was talking with how she happened to find my Santa Claus website. Santa Claus for rent Los Angeles!? I LOVE Google and I know I often find myself “Googling” on strange “keywords”, but I

After 6 months in Southern Oregon (my personal North Pole) I’m again a Hollywood Santa! Mrs. Claus and I are blessed, we love, and are loved, everywhere we go. Last year we had an amazing time appearing on TV programs, commercials, corporate parties and even home parties with amazing Hollywood actors, actresses and production people.

Since I first became a Santa Claus portrayal artist nearly 11 years ago I've continually, and at first very consciously, allowed the Christmas Spirit that I've always had in me to be expressed more frequently in my day to day life and my actions. Here's some ways we can keep the Spirit of Christmas alive all year long. 

This year, I launched a new school for Santa Claus called the Santa Claus Conservatory. This is an online school, with all of the classes conducted via webinar. I was wondering if Santas would embrace this high-tech learning—well, they LOVE IT! (The Santa Claus Conservatory is now the Worldwide Santa Claus Network, LLC)

N-Pole is the license plate on the bright red Scion xB Mrs. Claus and I bought last year. We call it our Santa car and it has been SO MUCH fun. Because we split our  time between Southern Oregon and Southern California we drive a lot (15,000 miles in 6 months) and I can't tell you how many