Invite Santa to your Holiday Event

Maybe it is the infectious "Ho Ho Ho" that quickly turns into laughter, or the eyes that are always smiling.  It could be the ears that always listen to the little ones...



Yes, it could be that beautiful custom made suit, the real leather boots and belt, that big brass belt buckle.

Maybe even how Storytelling Santa makes noses glow magically - just like Rudolph's, or that BIG RED Naughty or Nice Book...

Perhaps it is what others have said, like Brenda W. who said, "Storytelling Santa has the most amazing look.  He stepped out of storybooks and into our home last year!"...

Most likely it is that Storytelling Santa shows the Spirit of Christmas to every little one he sees.  Every child knows that the REAL Santa listens to them, cares about them as he visits!  that is why Storytelling Santa is the BEST SANTA around!

Give Storytelling Santa a call at 937-371-4071 or e-mail him at Santa@Storytelling Santa.com to schedule your visit!

Santa is ready to visit You

Santa is so busy these days, making lists, checking them twice.  Elves are beginning to worry that we will not be ready for that wonderful Christmas Eve ride.  Mrs. Claus frets that Santa won't fit into his red suit this year.


Reindeer are running and taking test jumps, jumping over barns, the workshop, dancing on the winds and eager to step into their harnesses and fly.


There are so many stories about Christmas and Santa.  You can invite Storytelling Santa to your home or event!  Give him a call or e-mail him at santa@storytellingsanta.com!

Checking the list

As you schedule your event, what do you really look for, what do you want in your Santa?  How about a consummate professional with many years experience working with Children, who not only loves but respects each little one?  A professional storyteller since 1976 with acting, storytelling, improv and puppetry experience?  Former children's and youth pastor?  An incredible voice for singing and a personality that children gravitate to?

Want Mrs. Claus to visit?  Just ask!


Add to that a custom suit, long white beard, shiny custom made brass buckle, long leather boots and that twinkle in his eye that you just have to see.  Now THAT is Santa!


Give Storytelling Santa a call at 937-371-4071 or e-mail him at santa@storytellingsanta.com today.

Looking to Schedule Santa for your event?

It is hard to believe, but Santa is already getting calls and is scheduling visits for Christmas!  Folks around the Greater Dayton, Ohio area, Cincinnati, Springboro, Centerville, Kettering and surrounding areas have loved inviting Storytelling Santa into their homes for a Christmas visit!


Call Storytelling Santa now at 937-371-4071

Day Care visit

This was a wonderful  rowdy, exciting group that Santa visited.  
Santa just loves his job!

Gold Star chili, the nursing home, Dayton and Santa

Santa was invited to visit Gold Star Chili in West Chester on Tylersville Road last night.  Dozens of families arrived to have Supper with Santa and enjoy a cheese coney or 4 way.  It was wonderful to sit for a moment at each booth or table and visit.  Not a group story, but lots of little stories....

How reindeer fly, how Mrs. Claus flew this year, why the sleigh was parked at the golf course down the hill, why West Chester didn't let Santa's sleigh and reindeer come to Gold Star... how the jingle bells were knocked off when Irving the elf landed the sleigh in that sand trap on the 11th hole at the golf course.

It was delightful.

Earlier in the day Santa visited a nursing home, told stories and handed out presents.  Afterward, Santa was taken by a nurse and the activity director to visit folks who were not able to make it to the dining room.

The Christmas spirit is everlasting in the hearts of folks.  They smiled and laughed with Santa.  One dear lady told Santa she remembered him and even recognized his voice from when he would visit her when she was a child.  It is said that hope springs eternal.  The promise of the Babe in Bethlehem's manger is that hope is the message Santa was reminded by several.

So many told Santa they had been good this year.  Several grinned a grin worthy of an elf and told Santa they had been naughty.  Santa would laugh and suspected that may have been the case for them in childhood.

Tears came to Santa's eyes when one little girl early in the day told him that all she wanted was for her broken family to be together for Christmas just on more time.  Santa is just a toymaker, a bringer of smiles and warmer of hearts.

He doesn't know how to heal broken hearts, his tools cannot repair lives shattered or fix a family.  That must be the work of others.

Santa prays for those who do try to make those repairs.  His eyes fill with tears when a little one asks for that, his white gloves wet as he wipes the tears away.

Santa Loot

Cousins,
One of the unexpected pleasures for Santa is the "Santa Loot" that I bring home.  Christmas lists, some written carefully in crayon by little hands just beginning to write, some typed on the computer and signed by hand.  Some have drawings of the item requested so Santa will know what it looks like.

There are drawings, cut outs pasted together... snowflakes, coloring book pages with pictures of Santa, Rudolph or Christmas scenes, some children keeping in the lines, others drawing with the freedom of Picasso, not regarding lines or tradition.

Of course, there are cookies, fudge and even a carrot to take to the reindeer.  Some are in a plastic bag, others gift wrapped.  All are appreciated as Santa goes from home to home.

Mrs. Oh My Darlin' Claus is making Santa a Scrapbook to fill with pictures, notes and "loot" so he can look back next year, during the summer months and remember winter snow, white gloves and happy faces.

Then there are the wonderful things, the loot from the heart.  One little girl had what appeared to be a polarfleece belt or scarf  -had snowflakes on it.  She gave it to Santa and made him promise to wear it as he traveled.  It hangs on Santa's belt now.

Another little girl braided a bracelet for Rudolph's nose out of multicolored string during a visit.

All are from the heart, all tugged at the heartstrings.

Santa Visits!

Just a lovely visit
with a few of 
Santa's friends

Santa is resting up for the big night!

Visions of sugarplums can float through Santa's head also!

Maybe he is dreaming of a White Christmas.

Santa just can't keep up in the reindeer games!

Listen to the Santa Snores!!

No, it is not a Polar Bear!!!

It is enough to break through the icecap here at the North Pole.

Thanksgiving!

Santa has already begun to visit with boys and girls.

It is a wonderful experience, to sit and visit with a little one...





To see the joy and wonderment in their faces...


To listen to their hopes and dreams, their desires...


To know they believe.


To share their magic.


Happy Thanksgiving!

Santa's Red Nose

My, Oh My! Santa must have forgot to wash his hands over the weekend! His nose is as red as Rudolph's! What is even worse is having a cold and feeling so bad you don't even want to watch the reindeer games.

Mrs Claus made hot chicken noodle soup yesterday, hot green tea and now a big mug of hot chocolate... no cookies. "Feed a cold, stave a fever" Santa always says.

Mrs. C. disagrees and slathered Santa's neck and chest with mentholated moose moss.

Santa is getting busy!

Santa is getting busier every day. There are reindeer nuggets with flight enhancers to pick up at the North Pole Emporium today. Rudolph has a cold and his nose is not glowing right now. Elf Ratso suggested Limburger cheese to open Rudolph's sinuses! Santa vetoed that idea. Elves are running the toy making workshops at full speed!

Pre-Christmas visits are filling up! If you want to get on Storytelling Santa's calendar, please contact him early!

santa@storytellingsanta.com or give him a call at 937-371-4071

Pictures!

Santa had the opportunity to visit for Halloween with a neighborhood.

Over 100 youngsters stopped to visit, have an early picture take in their Halloween costume and some gave Santa a hug!





It was a lovely evening!

Invite Storytelling Santa
to your Family, corporate or charity event!
santa@storytellingsanta.com

Santa comes to your home!

It is not too early to contact Santa for a Holiday visit for your family, church, charity or corporate event!

My calendar fills up quickly, so give me a call
at 937-371-4071 or email
at santa@storytelling santa.com!

63 Days till Christmas

Only 63 days before the Big Flight. All is going as planned. The reindeer are practicing short hops and flights. Rupert is the head reindeer elf. Rupert has been oiling all the harnesses, shining the sleigh bells.

Mrs. Claus laughed at Rupert just yesterday when he took a sleigh bell off a harness for Cupid. He said it was out of tune! Out of tune. Ho ho, only Rupert.

Rupert has been feeding Rudolph cranberries to help his nose glow. Claims it will also keep Rudolph from getting sick at Christmas.

That is all for now... don't forget the Reason for The Season!!

Christmas is getting closer!

Santa better get his sleigh ready! Not many days left till the Big Ride!

Late Night at the Pole

It is so very late at Santa's Village! Mrs. Claus, the elves and most of the reindeer have been asleep for hours. Santa has been working on the "Naughty and Nice" list for ever so long.

Don't think to yourself that it an easy job. Every child, no matter the age, has a little "naughty" in them and even the most naughty can develop a little "nice".

Santa sipped some hot chocolate earlier and had a snickerdoodle cookie. Snickerdoodles are one of Santa's favorites. Sleep would not come, so after wandering to the reindeer barn, brushing Rudy... Rudolph and making sure each deer had enough reindeer nuggets with flight additives, Santa has come back close to the fireplace.

A good book, a quilt and soft Christmas carols are what is needed!

Half Way mark is passed

Well, the year is more than half over and I didn't even see it come and go. There is so much to be done, lists to check, toys to make, and the diet... yes, the diet. Even Santa needs to eat healthy! You don't think I live on cookies and milk, do you?

Summer

The hint of summer at the North Pole is just a hint. Lots of work to do to get ready for the Big
Ride!

Hawaiian Shirts

Mrs C has accused Santa of complaining.Santa's not complaining, just making an observation.

The Claus family is in Hawaii for a vacation, Mrs C has slathered sunscreen all over Santa.

Santa just mentioned that not one of the shops selling Hawaiian shirts had any with snowflakes, reindeer or poinsettias on them. Just an observation.

Mrs C suggested there might not be a huge demand for those particular patterns... other than Himself.

Santa let out a ho ho ho that almost gave him away. Little Wally Carpenter from Savannah was building a sand castle nearby and looked over at me for a long time. Don't know that he recognized Santa with the beard trimmed.