So I got to play Santa Claus for the Hispanic kids in one of our Library Out Reach Programs. It was great. I make a mean, and albiet, young Santa! My favorite part was the huge smiles all the kids had. One girl gave me at least 12 hugs and jumped arounding singing "Santa Claus, Santa Claus" a lot.
One older boy came and asked me, are you real? I didn't want to break it to him, so I just said, "What do you think?" He walked away with that question rolling around in his head.
Being Santa was great. I've played a few characters now for the library, The Cat in the Hat being one of them, but the cool part about Santa is you get to talk, not just walk around. On the other costumes, you feel like a mime. Dressed silly, and with nothing to say.
One older boy came and asked me, are you real? I didn't want to break it to him, so I just said, "What do you think?" He walked away with that question rolling around in his head.
Being Santa was great. I've played a few characters now for the library, The Cat in the Hat being one of them, but the cool part about Santa is you get to talk, not just walk around. On the other costumes, you feel like a mime. Dressed silly, and with nothing to say.
