Real Beards Make Santas More Money

By Thomas Heath The Washington Post - Dec 22, 2015

This is a tale of two Santa Clauses: Real-beard Santa and fake-beard Santa. Pay attention. There is money at stake. Real-beard Santa said the heck with the sleigh and reindeer and flew by jet on an all-expenses-paid trip to Shenzhen, China, a couple of years ago. He collected $2,500, free room, free hotel meals, all for sitting in the five-star hotel’s Santa throne for an hour each evening. “That was a highlight,” said Ed Burgh, 68,...