Real-bearded Santas flood toasty Missouri town
Members of order attend classes on ethics, special-needs kids
Saturday, July 8, 2006;
From cnn.com
BRANSON, Missouri (AP) -- It's summer in southwest Missouri, but Santa Claus has come to town.
More than 280 Santas and 250 Mrs. Clauses are in Branson this weekend for the first convention of the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas.
The convention -- with 15 seminars on such topics as "Dealing With Special Needs Children," "The Art of Storytelling," "Santa Ethics" and "How to Get an Agent" -- is giving Santas a chance to discuss "ways to work with kids and be the best you can be in this," said spokesman Joe Moore, of San Clemente, California, who has been a Santa for four years.
The group, which requires members to have real beards, now has more than 800 members around the world, according to its Web site.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/08/summer.santa.ap/index.html
Saturday, July 8, 2006;
From cnn.com
BRANSON, Missouri (AP) -- It's summer in southwest Missouri, but Santa Claus has come to town.
More than 280 Santas and 250 Mrs. Clauses are in Branson this weekend for the first convention of the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas.
The convention -- with 15 seminars on such topics as "Dealing With Special Needs Children," "The Art of Storytelling," "Santa Ethics" and "How to Get an Agent" -- is giving Santas a chance to discuss "ways to work with kids and be the best you can be in this," said spokesman Joe Moore, of San Clemente, California, who has been a Santa for four years.
The group, which requires members to have real beards, now has more than 800 members around the world, according to its Web site.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/08/summer.santa.ap/index.html
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