WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:27.500 I think what's so endearing about Santa is that he's really the embodiment of the 00:27.500 --> 00:34.500 Christmas spirit. My name is Jeff McMullen, also known as Santa Mac. 00:34.500 --> 00:53.500 I bring a somewhat of a unique skill set because of my family entertainment background to the Santa community. 00:53.500 --> 01:02.500 I wake up now kind of like Santa and it's a continuum, the better Santa I become, the better person I become, and likewise. 01:02.500 --> 01:06.500 In 23 I was inducted into the international Santa class Hall of Fame. 01:06.500 --> 01:13.500 I'm the first and only from Wisconsin, which really touched my heart because we've got some awesome, I mean incredible, 01:13.500 --> 01:20.500 Santa's, and Mrs. Claus's throughout Wisconsin. 01:20.500 --> 01:28.500 When you first put on the red suit you go, oh, okay, and this is kind of fun and then somebody calls you Santa and quite often that's where people's development stops. 01:28.500 --> 01:30.500 But there's so much more. 01:30.500 --> 01:34.500 Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas. 01:34.500 --> 01:40.500 Santa's coming, Santa's coming, oh, oh, oh. 01:40.500 --> 01:43.500 Merry, Merry Christmas. 01:43.500 --> 01:44.500 Alright, let's stay here. 01:44.500 --> 01:47.500 Now we're gonna, we're gonna fandow. 01:47.500 --> 01:55.500 Kringle U is a training company and we do both online training as well as face-to-face training. 01:55.500 --> 01:59.500 Santa, what are you doing? I'm going bowling. You're going bowling. 01:59.500 --> 02:03.500 Cool. 02:03.500 --> 02:09.500 And we have about 20, 25 students that come in from around the country to study for the three days. 02:09.500 --> 02:19.500 You have to have fun being Santa. How can you not? Being in a jolly old elf that's 1,745 years old, this is a great thing to be. 02:19.500 --> 02:28.500 Whether you're a first-year Santa or your 50-year veteran, the information is right to the point of what you need. 02:28.500 --> 02:32.500 Well, the perfect Santa laugh. That's different for everyone. 02:32.500 --> 02:36.500 Some people have that real deep, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. 02:36.500 --> 02:41.500 Mine is more just a, oh, just kind of a chuckle. 02:41.500 --> 02:45.500 You know, it's how do you react when something unusual happens? 02:45.500 --> 02:48.500 There's always funny that that happens. 02:48.500 --> 02:53.500 I was doing a work for a business, kind of a tractor supply store. 02:53.500 --> 03:01.500 I was expecting to work with children. And the whole community, they brought chickens and pigs and horses and dogs. 03:01.500 --> 03:07.500 It was the quintessential Wisconsin experience. 03:07.500 --> 03:14.500 I've got probably about seven pages of notes ready to be Santa, even better for the people down in my area. 03:14.500 --> 03:19.500 The main thing that I received from it is how to develop my character further. 03:19.500 --> 03:24.500 Do the little magic, a little hook is focused, and I can change that into something different. 03:24.500 --> 03:34.500 It can be as simple as how to hold the book and turn the pages so that the children can see when they shout it and call them all by name. 03:34.500 --> 03:43.500 Don't roll your eyes. Even though sometimes there are parents that are quite difficult to work with, I'll be honest. 03:43.500 --> 03:50.500 I wish there were two lines when I work an event, a children's line in an adult line. It would make my role much easier. 03:57.500 --> 04:04.500 His experience with Ringling Brothers Barnum Bailey Circus and just enjoying his company has been great over the years. 04:04.500 --> 04:07.500 If you're not a good person, it comes out. 04:07.500 --> 04:12.500 Jeff isn't the epitome of being a good person. 04:14.500 --> 04:24.500 When you look in the mirror before you leave your physical home to go out into the community, if you look in the mirror and you see yourself in a Santa suit, you're not there. 04:24.500 --> 04:28.500 You've got to look in the mirror and go, oh my goodness, they're Santa. 04:28.500 --> 04:37.500 Oh my goodness, yes you are Santa. It really comes down to if I want others to believe that I'm Santa, I have to believe I'm Santa myself first. 04:43.500 --> 04:45.500 Thank you.