Cincy Santa

Magical Pre-Christmas Visit
Each visit is designed to provide a completely personalized Santa experience for all the children at your holiday party.

Pre-Arrival
If you have gifts for the children, Santa will meet you before his arrival and will bring the gifts in his bag.

Santa Arrives
With bells ringing and many Ho Ho Ho's, Santa Claus will come to your home! The children will be surprised and excited when they see Santa, so be sure to have a camera ready!

Santa Visits with Each Child
Santa opens the Big Red Book that has all the children in it. It shows if they are on the Nice List or the Naughty List, and some items from their wish list. These pages let Santa know the good things they have done and things mom and dad may want them to improve. If they have an Elf on the Shelf, Santa knows him/her and can share stories about the Elf.

Story Time with Santa
Santa will share his books with the children. Imagine Santa reading to them or them sitting on his lap helping read the story with him. Santa my also tell the children a story about the North Pole with a little Christmas Magic..

Santa's Big Red Bag
When it's time for the children to receive their gifts (if the parents chose to do this), imagine the excitement as each child receives a gift directly from Santa.

Photos with Santa
Extra time is included for group photos including siblings, parents, friends and the children! After all the photos have been taken, it is time for Santa's exit.

I began my career as Mr. Claus in 2007 when I was asked by a friend of the family to be Santa for her associates' Christmas Party. Even then I had the hair and beard for the position. This was so enjoyable that I began to look at being Santa for others. Two years later a friend asked me to come to his house and be Santa for his grandchildren.

After that home visit I was sold. Seeing the look on the children's faces was amazing. From that point on I kept my longer hair and beard. As a result children who saw me tugged on mom announcing that they had just seen Santa all year round. At that point I started researching how to be the best Santa for the children and became a member of the International Brotherhood of Real Bearded Santa's. Over time I collected all the proper accessories in order to complete the package.

In 2011, inspired by the web site Portable North Pole, I created Santa's Big Red Book. In it I had a page for each child I visited with all the information about them, including the things they had been good at, what they needed to do better, and what they wanted for Christmas. That little addition, even if it took some extra preparation, solidified how I would interact with the children. After all, shouldn't Santa know all those things? Shortly thereafter, I consistently heard parents describe the actions of the children after Santa had his talk with them. Reading Christmas book or telling a "North Pole" story finished my visit and quietly I would leave as the parents distracted the children.

In October 2014 I graduated from the Charles W Howard Santa Claus School, the oldest Santa School in the country. I learned much in this school, and apply that knowledge in order to make Santa's visits with children worthy of long lasting memories.