Santa is one pooped out trooper! We had 820 photo's taken with 1-6 people per photo for the 11 hours. I hate to even bring this up, but my butt hurts to sit and write this. I have another long day on Sunday. (Just to ease your figuring, we only allow one photo per person.)

I learned something today (mark the calenders)! What we are doing here is unique. We do not charge the public anything for all of the activities in Santa's Wonderland. We have Santa, 2 shooting galleries, 2 coloring stations, a battery/cordless truck race track, 2 trains going, 2 movie stations, and last but not least...the free photo with ME.

The Mall we are attached to started their own Santa today. A lot of customers told me that just to talk to him cost 8 bucks, and a non-posed photo is 10 bucks. So an average person will pay $18 per kid to get past Santa. Another mall on the other side of town charges $19 for the same, but you MUST pay ahead and get a ticket! How stupid is that? Just in case you are wondering...I would NEVER be a Santa for something like that.

Also just for those who keep score, it finally happened. Santa got his...well....ummmm... "chest NUTS" rattled. This 10-year old kid - that could be a linebacker - came toward me and...before I could react, Santa turned purple and had trouble speaking for a time, let alone sit up straight. I noticed from the reaction of my photo elf that he knew what happened. He gave me a thumps up, laughed, and told me what I looked like. I think Santa needs a body guard.

As you can see, I posted some more photos to enjoy.

Santa Joe