Santa Mike spent 21 years working warrants for the courts. Parking tickets to wanted felons. He saw families at their absolute worst. Then he retired, met another Santa in a Zoom acting class, and everything changed. Now he's a full-time professional Santa using every bad Christmas he witnessed to show up better.

What You'll Learn:

• "Santa enters through the heart, not the chimney" and what that actually means

• Why Christmas is invisibly hard for people and how he reads every room

• The countdown exit strategy so kids don't have an awkward Santa goodbye

• How he engineers the perfect photo when kids are terrified of sitting on Santa's lap

• December schedule: one day off until Christmas, sometimes 400 kids in one brunch

• The 200-year history of stockings hanging by the chimney (St. Nicholas origin story)

• Why he carries quiet bells for kids with sensory needs

About Santa Mike: Santa Mike is a professional Santa based outside Philadelphia. Real beard. Blue eyes. Fifth year in the business. He works with photographers, does home visits, corporate events, tree lightings, and parades. He's watching the same kids grow up year after year.

Links:

Discover your To-Do List personality: thetodoshow.com/quiz

Connect with Santa Mike: https://www.instagram.com/get_santa_mike/

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