I thank you, dearly. I’m absolutely thrilled and honored that you’ve decided to pick up this book. It’s going to be a fun ride, just like being Santa Claus. This is not an instruction manual. There are no steps to follow. This is not a part of any kind of Santa for Dummies series. These chapters are not really chapters, but experiences. They are not laid out in any specific sequence, nor were they written in any particular order. They came to me all at once—a literal tsunami of red. Each is a story about what I saw, did, looked at, laughed at, teared up at, and experienced at my gig that particular day.
Some recount actual gigs—the sights, the sounds, the aromas, the folklore, the eggnog. Some are simple exposés on the craft of acting. After all, this is an acting gig. If you get the gig, you’re just an actor portraying Santa Claus.
