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Santa Rob of Nashville
- Nashville, TN
- Santa Claus
- Travels up to 90 miles
- $250 and up.
Overview
Mrs. Claus and I attended the premiere Santa school in the country; the Charles M. Howard Santa School in Midland, MI. We regularly attend Santa conferences & workshops to hone our skills and work on fresh ideas. Good baritone speaking voice for radio and possible voiceover work. Can sing as well though not professional. Storytelling with(and without) puppets/props. I also work with Mrs. Claus as the occasion may require. In 2022, I worked 3 weekend Christmas festivals with my Mrs. Claus which were extremely well-received by the children. I also worked a high volume Santa job 2 nights a week(5pm-10pm) at the Lebanon Dancing Lights. Additionally, I worked home and virtual visits.
7 Reviews
This was my family’s second time using Santa Rob of Nashville. Back in September, my family experienced an unexpected and tragic loss of our youngest child. I was unsure of whether or not to go forward with this family tradition but after speaking with Santa Rob, I knew we were in the right hands for the show to go on. He presented all the families in attendance with an ornament that honored our special girl and did an additional emotional presentation of an ornament unique to our family. He was choked up while doing this and so warm and professional with all of us. I couldn’t recommend him more. Thank you Santa.
Mrs. Claus, Santa Claus
Response from Santa Rob of Nashville:
This gathering was both easy and very difficult. Losing a child so young as the Pinheiro’s have(just a few weeks ago-September) is a gut-wrenching for any family so impacted. They were surrounded by loving family and neighbors who have gone above and beyond to share in their grief and love them so well through this most difficult time. Cherie reached out to me, revealed what had happened and their decision to continue their Christmas party plans but wanted me to know there would be many additional children due to the party now embracing all who have been such good friends during these weeks. She was so kind to consider Mrs. Claus and I in all this. We love this family and were honored to bring a more sensitive spirit of Christmas to the Pinheiro party; a tradition they wanted to continue, after much soul-searching, for the children’s sake.
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Santa Rob and Mrs Claus were the perfect addition to our Christmas Party! They were so sweet to all the children. They let them sit on their laps and talk to them, they read books, and Santa sang a song with the book! The kids were so excited when they walked in the door!! Thank you Santa Rob & Mrs Claus for making the evening so much fun!
Santa Claus, Children’s Party Entertainment, Holiday Entertainment, Mrs. Claus
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Santa Rob was perfect for our Christmas photo shoot. He was so patient with my shy 2 year old niece. He is engaging and has the BEST Santa chuckle. He isn't your run if the mill mall Santa. We can't wait to see him again next year!
Santa Claus, Holiday Entertainment
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Santa and Mrs. Claus were awesome! So great with the kids and their costumes were beautiful.
Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus
I received many compliments on how wonderful you were on Saturday. Thank you for your generosity and kindness. We will be giving your cards to interested parties with high recommendations. We know that you did not make your normal money, but we hope you are okay with what we did.
I know that you made one little boy's Christmas. There was a couple who got their children's picture with Santa who could not afford it somewhere else for a bigger price. I am glad that the efforts helped those families.
Thank you again and let us know if there is any way we can help you in the future.
Santa Claus
Response from Santa Rob of Nashville:
I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Annette and all the ladies responsible for putting on this event. The little boy, Ermitt(I believe), made my day listening to my book readings and storytelling!
We will be rebooking for next year! We had amazing reviews from our staff and participants.
Holiday Entertainment, Santa Claus
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Santa Rob did such an amazing job. We had 11 kids and 8 adults. I briefly went over everyone’s names beforehand and Santa Rob remembered pronunciations with ease. He was so relaxed with all the kids. He sang songs with them and posed for individual and group shots. I will definitely use him again for years to come. Highly recommend.
Santa Claus
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Booking Info
Price Range: $250 and up.
Gig Length: 30 - 120 minutes
Languages: American Sign Language, English, Some German And Spanish
Unions: NALC
What to Expect
Top notch outfits to present visually the wonder of Santa at work, at play, at table in order to facilitate memorable photos and memories.
This Santa and Mrs. Claus sing all the familiar Christmas carols, work with puppets, tell stories of work at the North Pole, read stories of Christmas from years past and from around the world, answer all pertinent Christmas questions.
We are outfitted to do events such as Breakfast with Santa, Cookies with Santa, Christmas in July and/or other summer occasions where Santa in a throwback swimsuit or even a baseball uniform would be appropriate.
I am not opposed to allowing parents to use their camera phones to take as many pictures as they wish. The exception to this would be if a professional photographer has been contracted with to handle all the Santa photos. No selfies or parent picture taking would be allowed in that case.
About
My wife and I are retired. I am a veteran and retired after 30 yrs combined service in the Coast Guard & CG Reserve. Am also retired after 20 yrs delivering the mail for the USPS. My wife has 40 yrs experience as an ASL Interpreter and as the after school programs director with a local non-profit serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community in Nashville TN.
Mary and I just celebrated our 46th anniversary in April. We have two grown children: Adam(44) and Mary Katherine(42). We are blessed with 9 grandchildren. Adam gave us 4 boys and 1 girl; Mary Kate 2 boys and 2 girls. Everyone lives in Middle Tennessee; a real blessing from God.
My interest in portraying Santa came out of my letter carrier experience delivering packages to porches in December those many years. I was hooked when the preschoolers would come to the door with their parent and see my beard(much shorter then), my Santa hat….then the magic would happen. Their little eyes would get big and you just knew what they were thinking at that moment. Those were moments that captured my heart. Seeing the wonder in the eyes of those children hooked me, there’s no doubt.
I donned the Santa hat and wardrobe as an unpaid volunteer about 4 years and will now enter my second full season as a professional. I see my role as one who represents the true spirit of Christmas and seeks to express to all the importance of showing love, compassion, acceptance and willingness to share with others at the time of year set aside to celebrate the birth of our Savior.
Additional Booking Notes
Stage/platform to be decorated for Christmas; oversized Santa chair to be placed center stage/platform towards front of stage; hat/coatrack to be placed to Santa’s right and slightly behind his chair; traffic flow from stage right to stage left. If Mrs. Claus is present, her comfortable chair to be placed on Santa’s left. Adjustments to this configuration can be made to suit venue requirements.
Services Offered
Upcoming Booked Events
| December 23, 2024 • 5:30pm - 6:00pm | Christmas Party |
Past Booked Events
| December 20, 2024 • 2:30pm - 3:15pm | Personal Occasion |
| December 20, 2024 • 10:00am - 11:30am | Personal Occasion |
| December 19, 2024 • 10:00am - 12:00pm | Christmas Party |
| December 15, 2024 • 8:30am - 10:30am | Christmas Party |
| December 14, 2024 • 6:00pm - 7:00pm | Christmas Party |
| December 14, 2024 • 2:30pm - 3:30pm | Personal Occasion |
| December 12, 2024 • 5:00pm - 7:00pm | Restaurant/Bar Event |
| December 12, 2024 • 12:00pm - 12:30pm | Christmas Party |
| December 07, 2024 • 9:00am - 11:00am | Christmas Party |
| December 16, 2023 • 6:30pm - 8:30pm | Christmas Party |
| December 16, 2023 • 2:30pm - 3:15pm | Children’s Birthday Party |
| December 16, 2023 • 8:30am - 10:30am | Sporting Event |
| December 03, 2023 • 6:00pm - 6:30pm | Christmas Party |
| December 16, 2022 • 5:00pm - 6:30pm | Christmas Party |
| December 11, 2022 • 5:00pm - 5:30pm | Christmas Party |
| December 03, 2022 • 5:30pm - 6:30pm | Nonprofit Event |
| October 16, 2022 • 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Children’s Birthday Party |
Influences & Inspiration
Many "Santas" have come before me, on screen and in real life. The attraction to doing Santa comes out of experience as a Letter Carrier for the Postal Service delivering Christmas mail and packages for 20 years during the last 5 years of which I served as a volunteer Santa for my post office's staff, for neighbors, for my church. My favorite movie Santas range from Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle in "The Miracle on 34th Street" released in 1947 and Tim Allen as Scott Calvin/Santa Claus in "The Santa Clause" of recent years. Pastors and youth leaders at the different churches I have attended with their self-sacrifice and love for those in their charge have shown me the way to be the kind of Santa I need to be for all the children out there who come to me for their annual Christmas photos and wishlists.
Santa should show a finely tuned sense of humor as well as a heart of compassion. He should possess the qualities which will enable him to impress the little ones with the importance of giving over receiving; of kindness and sharing over selfish wants; of love and compassion over stinginess and cold heartedness.
While the men(and women) who portray Santa are all fallible beings whose hearts(generally speaking) are in the right place, Santa represents the spiritual qualities laid out in Scripture for how men should love one another as Christ loves the church. Love, service, compassion, mercy, grace. These are all actions that apply when speaking of Santa and his love for all the children of the world. God wrote the rules and Santa works according to those same principles. I suppose I would have to say that the Lord Jesus Christ is my biggest influence for how Santa should comport himself and interact with the children sent his way each Christmastime.
Setup Requirements
Oversized Santa chair, comfortable chair for Mrs. Claus(if event calls for Mrs. Claus), standing hat/coat rack, set decorated for Christmas.
Venue appropriate sound & PA equipment