Santa Settles

A real-bearded Santa for 18 years, I bring families the visit they hope for: unhurried, personal, and genuinely magical. I don’t do stage shows. I sit with each child one-on-one, listen, and answer their questions from a richly developed North Pole backstory, so the conversation holds up even for the sharpest seven-year-old skeptic.

I hold a Master’s degree from the International University of Santa Claus, have taught at Santa schools and conventions, and was among the first to pledge the Santa Claus Oath, now sealed in a time capsule at the Santa Claus Hall of Fame. My suit is custom-tailored, and my boots were cobbled for my feet.

Clubs and communities have made me their annual Santa: Brunch with Santa at Heritage Clubhouse, Breakfast with Santa and Polar Express Night at MacGregor Downs Country Club, and holiday brunch portraits at Wakefield TPC Clubhouse. I’ve also appeared on stage in the Carolina Ballet’s Nutcracker, visited 3,000 children of deployed troops for the NC USO, and lit trees for the Town of Wake Forest, NC for the past 12+ years.

Photographers love working with me, and I ran my own photo operation for Hill Ridge Farms’ Festival of Lights, so I understand light, posing, and keeping little ones engaged between shots. Why, I’ve even taught classes on the subject!