Santas Behind Glass Screens
A job as Santa Claus during the holiday season isn’t so weird, but it is if you have to adhere to the following rules:
- No handing out lollies
- No patting children on the head (for fear of insulting religious beliefs)
- No children on laps unless parents give permission
- No photographs taken with youngsters unless your hands are in full view
- No ho-ho-ho’ing in case you frighten children
- No coming out from behind glass screens separating you from the children
Ok, the last one isn’t true but some Santas think that’s the way it’s going. Meanwhile, some are asking for extra helpers to act as witnesses in case a complaint is made.
Maybe it’s not the Santas who are weird, but the paranoid parents.
The New Zealand Herald, December 6, 2005
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Tonya said on December 8, 2005 @ 8:25 pm...
So I guess Santa is supposed to be a mute, sitting with his hands in the air like he’s just been apprehended by the police.
No wonder little ones are scared of him!
barry said on December 8, 2005 @ 9:01 pm...
Maybe we should keep him restrained in one of those Hannibal Lecter style cages.
He couldn’t do any harm then.
Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD (Profile) said on December 9, 2005 @ 11:26 am...
Tonya: I think I saw a Santa who was doing just that the other day. ;)
Barry: I’m sure that has been considered.