Here is the best photo ever of a Santa networking group, the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas. Heard of them? The membership requirements are simply working as Santa and having a real beard.
The group meets yearly for lunch to reminisce about the Christmas season as well as plan their moves for the next year. Members approach being Santa from a variety of angles, including, my favorite angle for work, ministry:
Patrick Cunningham, 53, a United Methodist minister from Tucson, said he played Santa at churches to help spread the spirit of God.
“I actually see being Santa as a ministry,” he said. “It’s a way of touching people with love.”
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