Now for more information. Once a child has mastered the technique of training and controlling an adult, it is time to move on to the Art of Suckering Santa into being on the side of the child. The first step of this important phase is for the child to be able to determine a real Santa from a fake Santa. to engage in suckering techniques with a fake Santa is a waste of time. How do you tell if Santa is real? Begin with some very basic indicators that I learned at an early age. The easiest way is observe. Start at the top and work your way down. The Santa hat; is it clean? Is it wrinkled? Does Santa wear the hat properly? If the hat is wrinkled or dirty, that could indicate it has been stored all year, a possible fake Santa. Does Santa wear the hat squarely on his head, pulled down to about mid-brow? If the hat is cocked to one side or toward the back of the head, that could also indicate a possible fake. Approach the Santa. Does he smell like a cigarette or cigar, or worse yet, does he smell of alcohol? Check the glasses; is there glass in those gold frames? Are the eyebrows bushy? Tug on the beard; is it real? Do the wrinkle check on the rest of the outfit. Check the boots; are they clean, nice and shiny. and one dead giveaway….does the outfit smell like mothballs? A good indicator of a real Santa, the real one rides in the Christmas Parade. These fake Santas are probably good guys just trying to help out. After all, Santa can’t be everywhere at one time, but don’t waste your time and effort using the ‘sucker’ routine on a fake Santa.
We are now ready to get down to the brass tacks. When the adult ushers the child up to Santa Claus, the child needs to show fear to play on the emotions of the Santa. When the adult lifts the child to place the child on Santa’s knee the child should scream, cry, and reach back to the adult. After a few moments, the child needs to slowly stop crying and begin to look at the Santa with big crocodile tears in their eyes. Slowly lean closer to the Santa, laying back against his arm and chest. That should do it, he is now putty in the child’s hands. When the Santa asks questions, at first, don’t answer. All children know how to feign shyness, and this the time to do it. Sniff and snub a few times during this portion to make sure it appears to be real. Tell Santa the main items desired for gifts this year, and somewhere during this conversation, try to say, “not like what I got last year.” This will put the thought into Santa’s mind that you did not have a wonderful Christmas last year, though you probably did. Just that one seed of doubt may be just enough to encourage Santa to attempt to make your Christmas merrier. Don’t worry, you can do it, each year you will get better and more confident. Merry Christmas.
You are getting funnier. I only remember going to see Santa once at the center of our little town. I believe he gave me a bag of treats… Something the mall Santas never do. After that I went to second grade and Santa was no longer in the picture, just a myth that some kids believed in like it was the truth. Still mom and dad made sure that there was always something surprising under the tree on Christmas morning. We knew they worked hard to make it real for us, even though we knew they did it with satisfaction.
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