How to Be Santa Claus

If you’re asked to be Santa at a Christmas party or decide to surprise your family on Christmas morning, you’re actually taking on a rather significant role – especially for small children. Being Santa Claus is more than throwing on a Santa suit. You’re taking on a full persona.

Don the Apparel

Start with the required apparel. You’ll need a Santa costume – the more elaborate, the better. Be sure you have the red jacket and pants, fur lined hat, black boots and belt. A good belly is a wonderful asset, but can be faked as necessary. If you happen to have a face full of whiskers, you’re a shoo-in, but if not, a fake beard will do. When fully costumed, you should be decked in Santa’s gear from head to toe. Grab a velvet bag full of gifts and you’re ready for the proverbial sleigh.

Take on the Role

Looking like Santa is one thing, but to truly be convincing to small children, or especially entertaining to adults, you must take on the role of Santa and never leave it. Even if you’re suffering from too much eggnog, keep that smile on your face as you Ho-Ho-Ho your way from child to child. Be grand in your gestures and exuberant in your attitude. Your character is one of perpetual happiness and good cheer. Feel it, be it.

Never Falter

If you’re playing the role of Santa for hours on end, it can be easy to lose focus and slip into your normal speech patterns or show a bit too much of that eggnog induced attitude. Grit your teeth and keep up the joyous exterior – you’re bringing light into the hearts and minds of children or at least keeping the party entertaining.

Easy Step By Step

• • Find a high quality Santa Suit
• • Don a bit of extra padding and a fake beard as necessary
• • Put on your happy face and leave it there as long as necessary
• • Never break character or you risk scarring a child for life!

Warnings, Advice, and Suggestions

Before you put on your full Santa gear, stop by the restroom. Sitting around in layers upon layers of clothing with children and even adults hopping onto your lap isn’t the greatest for a full bladder.

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How to Propose At Christmas

The holidays are a magical time with twinkling lights, cold air, rosy cheeks and romance. For many, the holidays are a terrific time to set things in motion for the future by asking your girlfriend to marry you. If you plan to propose over Christmas, bear a few things in mind.

Consider Your Temperaments

There are three kinds of marriage proposals – the private and romantic one, the surprise in front of a large crowd, and the semi-private one surrounding by friends and family. To set the perfect backdrop for your holiday proposal, you need to consider your temperament and that of your girlfriend. If she’s the type who would be shy and embarrassed to be the center of attention, you can nix any grand schemes. You might opt to avoid family audiences as well as these are often even more uncomfortable for shy individuals.

If your girlfriend is outgoing and loves a crowd, you can be bold and daring in your proposal – she’d likely relish the story of opening the ring box in front of all her students at the school’s Christmas party or seeing you on stage with a little box in the intermission of the holiday symphony.

Get Permission

While old fashioned, it’s still a nice touch to speak to a girl’s father, mother or older sibling about marriage before asking her. You might not be traditional in this regard, but you don’t want to risk alienating your future-in-laws by insulting them and not showing what they consider the proper amount of respect.

Go Shopping

You’re in luck that jewelry is on sale during the holidays just as many other things are. When buying a ring, keep your girlfriend’s tastes in mind and try to select something you like that you feel comfortable she’d like as well. You might also bear in mind her occupation – nurses and doctors, for example, have a hard time with tall rings under gloves. Rather than saving money if the ring you like is on sale, spend your budgeted amount on a ring in a larger setting – you don’t want to be accused of skimping on the engagement ring.

Make a Plan

A proposal is something you need to plan as it will be a memory that lasts a lifetime. You don’t have to be elaborate, but you should be prepared to make it meaningful somehow. Use the Christmas spirit and decorations to your favor. Wrap the box and put it in her holiday stocking alongside her family’s. Or wrap it and place it inside a larger box to keep the surprise longer as she opens one box to find the ring box inside.

Take a snowy carriage ride and sneak the ring onto her finger. Hide it in a glass of champagne at a holiday party. Get down on one knee in the middle of the elementary school’s holiday party (assuming your girlfriend is a teacher there.) Make it fun and meaningful – it will be a memory to last a lifetime.

Easy Step By Step

• Get permission or ask for a blessing before proposing.
• Buy a ring that suits your girlfriend’s temperament.
• Make a plan that suits the two of you that takes advantage of the Christmas season
• Propose!

Warnings, Advice, and Suggestions

Try and maintain the surprise as long as possible. The surprise of the proposal is the largest part of the fun and romance. If your girlfriend is suspicious, work extra hard to find a way to make it a surprise to keep it fun.

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