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A Great Christmas Movie, fun, entertaining and
John Merian is
interviewed about James Edgar's roll in Bringing The Legend of Santa Claus to Life in Brockton Massachusetts in 1890 by becoming America's First Department Store Santa. AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW |
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With a title like
Sanderson, a former producer’s assistant, writer and voice actor for Disney’s “Wizards of Waverly Place,” produced the doc and appears as its protagonist in the typical experiment-format narrative. Another name for the film could have been “Santa Claus Me,” as the man attempts to rediscover the holiday spirit by dying his hair and beard, dressing up, taking a special course (where you can’t say the ‘k’ word: “kids”) and then eventually playing Santa for special events and charities. Along the way, as these sorts of documentaries are best to do, “Becoming Santa” sprinkles about the history of and facts on its subject matter. Think you know all there is to know about the origins, controversies and cultural depictions of Saint Nicholas, aka Sinterklaas, aka Father Christmas? There is probably much you’re unfamiliar with, particularly the bounty of info provided by a jolly old Civil War historian and details of the first department store Santa. Not everything is covered, for sure, but it still provides a great scope of background on the legendary character. |
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