'My husband has a rule: When he wears the uniform, he’s Santa, and when he’s in street clothes, he’s my husband. I must keep both identities separate.'
Whenever a crowd forms around Santa, I pretend he’s not my husband. Children waiting in line to meet him should never hear us talking about the laundry, my job, his day job or our kids. When he puts on his Santa suit, everyone around him — including me — feels the magic.
I’ve slipped up a few times and said, “Yes. It’s him. He’s Santa.” My husband has a rule: When he wears the uniform, he’s Santa, and when he’s in street clothes, he’s my husband. I must keep both identities separate, especially around children. It took me a while to understand why. Wearing the suit transforms him. He feels the energy of the children who come to see him. Most tell him. He hears stories that make him laugh and ones that bring tears to his eyes. He shares many of the stories with me when he arrives home.Courtesy Michele C. Hollow
She repeated she didn’t want any gifts and then took a breath and said, “If you do have any extra gifts in your sled …” That’s when he thought, “OK, here it comes. She’s going to ask me to drop those toys at her house.”He promised he would and witnessed her proud parents looking on. “Most of the kids never heard of parsnips,” he told me. “Some of their parents have never eaten a parsnip. I tell them to peel them just like they do with carrots and lightly stir-fry them in butter sauce with a little salt and pepper.”
Sharing stories with children is his favorite part of each visit. What troubles him are the parents who threaten their children with the familiar line: “If you don’t behave, Santa will bring you coal.” When he hears that, he shouts back, “I don’t do coal anymore; it’s not environmentally sound.”
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