Sunday, January 6, 2013

Santa Claus Sal Lizard: I won't say 'Happy Holidays' | Synopsis

Santa Claus Sal Lizard: I won't say 'Happy Holidays'

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Sal Lizard was in his twenties when his hair and beard turned white. What might have been a disaster for some turned into the job of a lifetime for the professional Santa.  In “Being Santa Claus,” a book about Lizard’s experiences, he reflects on what it’s been like playing the jolly guy in the big red suit for the last two decades. FOX 411: You write that political correctness over saying ‘Merry Christmas’ irritates you. Lizard: It’s slacked off a little but I was acutely aware of it a couple of years ago. In Australia Santa had to say, ‘Ha Ha Ha,’ so as not to offend the working gals. In England I was told children weren’t allowed to sit on Santa’s lap because of the fear of inappropriate behavior. One year the surgeon general came out and said, ‘Santa lay off the cookies and eat more broccoli.

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