Many men who usually get the Santa gigs have moved, retired or, in some cases, died. Opportunities abound.
, a San Francisco talent brokerage for stilt walkers, contortionists and other party performers — including Santas. Every holiday season, she assembles a troupe of about five Santas who take bookings to visit private homes. But she lost a few of her regulars to moves and illness, and started looking for replacements after Halloween. She quickly realized that she was behind schedule. She posted some job ads online. It didn’t go well.young to be Santa,” she says.
But a fancy suit might not be enough. An untested Santa, one who happens to look and sound suspiciously like Uncle Andy, could ruin a kid’s Christmas and shatter their sense of trust if he’s not skilled in the art of improvisation. Or, there are Santas who take the look in a different direction entirely. Rosario Smirne, 42, of Alexandria, was moved by the holiday spirit to get into the Santa game for the first time last week, with plans to donate his earnings to charities. He has short black hair, only a few flecks of silver in his dark beard, and looks younger than his age. So he’s branded himself as “Santa Maverick” — a sort of dashing, “Bridgerton”-meets-Macy’s Santa in a fur-trimmed cape and gold paisley vest with tie.
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