Santa and the Family in Homer Glen getting ready for Christmas

The picture is a little girl from Senator Michael Noland's holiday party

Santa "Goes to the Dogs"at Urban Outsitters

2009 was an incrediably busy Santa year. I spent many months putting up my website

Santa in Chicago http://www.santainchicago.com/ which includes hundreds of different Santa events in the Chicago area.

I had many new and exciting Sana events this past season starting on December 4th with Pet Pictures with Santa at Urban Out Sitters in Chicago. This was a first for me so I really didn't quite know what to expect. As it turned out I had four hours of having my picture taken with hundreds of dogs and a couple of cats. Most of them were ok posing with Santa but there were a few that didn't want to have anything to do with me. At least I didn't get bitten. A week later I had a second event with Urban Out Sitters at their other Chicago store and of course there were another 300 barking dogs to greet me. The picture you see above is from that event from that event.

December 4th was a busy day for this old Santa I also was at Senator Michael Noland's Holiday Hoot-Anny in Streamwood and from there I had to rush fifty miles south to Homer Glen for a private party in a home.

The next morning I was at the Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton for the Homeowners Breakfast with Santa where the kids couldn't wait to tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas. This was the start of my 2009 season—I'll be telling you much more in future posts.

The Little Guy and Santa

It's September already and before you know it the 2009 Christmas Season will be in full swing. This year will be different for me, and along with it there will be many new challenges. For one thing, I'll be doing all my own bookings so I'll be much busier. One Santa suit has been cleaned and is ready to go plus I have a beautiful new very expensive Santa outfit for this season. Another thing is I'm making some Santa videos which I'm excited about—I can't wait to get them online. In the coming weeks there are a number of other things I'll be telling you about.

I really love this picture which was taken at a party last December. This guy was just the sweetest little fellow with the nicest expression on his face. When it comes to Christmas the little ones are really special. There is so much to do before the new season begins I really don't know if I'll get it all done.

Woops -- I got so excited about talking about this cute little baby I almost forgot to upload his picture. When I look at this picture there is one thing that strikes me, did they really have to put up the sign saying "Santa" above me? I really thought most people could figure that one out. Best Wishes and hope you're having beautiful spring weather where ever you are. Until next time HO HO HO! 

Gosh spring is here and its been awhile since I have posted anything. The calendar may say spring but last Sunday when I got up it looked like Christmas all over again. There was about six inches of snow and all the early spring flowers were covered. Feeling lazy and not wanting to shovel one more time I figured if I waited a couple of days it would be gone and I was right. 

The Picture you see here is Santa at home wearing a tee shirt my son Mark gave me for Christmas. If you can't read it it says: 

Four stages of life: 

1. You believe in Santa

2. You believe Santa is fake

3. You play Santa

4. You look like Santa

Well, I sure hope I look like Santa, you don't have much credibility with the kids if you don't.

Here is a picture from a couple of years ago that I really love. It was at a company party and I was really been nervous before I got there. What happened was it was a Saturday afternoon in mid-December and two lanes of traffic were closed on I-88, leaving only one open lane. Even though I had given myself more than enough time to get where I was going, nothing moved for about forty-five minutes. When traffic finally started up I was really worried I wasn't going to make it so I raced as fast as I could to the company headquarters. Fortunately I was only about ten or fifteen minutes late because the children were really anxious to see old Claus. This little guy was one of the last ones I saw that afternoon and because he was only a couple of weeks old the parents really wanted to get his first picture with Santa. They were really delighted and so was I. Until next time.  

In the photo you see here , is a Muslim family. I think that's really nice because for one, it goes against the stereotype that all Muslims are anti-Christian, since Santa is a symbol of Christmas, the ultimate Christian holiday.

Santa Never Knows What to Expect

Earlier this week I had a call from Marty Chasen. Marty is a Chicago area photographer who asked me to be a Santa for a corporate client of his in Skokie, last December 6th. His call reminded me of that event. The company had a holiday party in their plant and about two hundred families attended. Each family was offered a free picture with Santa and most people accepted. It was an incredibly busy three hours because that's a lot of pictures to take in that time frame. No one, of course had to have their picture taken. 

 

Santa You're Great! You're the Best!

The first picture you see below is a little guy who was at the Carmen Marine Co-op party in Chicago on December 19th. His parents both came from Romania and his dad drives a semi. The second picture is of a boy who met Santa at the Church Creek Senior Home party on December 6th. He was a great kid and had a very sweet smile.