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December 22, 2006
Oh Santa! where art thou?
This Slate article on Being Santa Claus gets nearly every detail wrong. I know, because for two years, I was Santa...
Once upon a time, I was seeing a girl who was doing some holiday work at the local mall. In my then-usual all-black, chains-and-knives-dangling-from-my-sides attire, I met her for lunch. It was when heading back to the parking lot that I passed by the Santa booth. Being a major Sci-Fi geek, I had a sudden mental image of how cool it might be to play an elf, and asked if they were hiring...
"Wouldn't you rather be Santa" asked the cute young girl in a small skirt?
no, I want to play an elf. but I need the money "Sure. If you're hiring for Santa, who wouldn't?"
10 minutes later I was in a Santa suit with an 8 year old kid on my knee saying "Ho Ho Ho". I had a blast...
Posted by Andrew at December 22, 2006 10:02 AM