12/7/2023 0 Comments Brady breeze oregon offseason buzz![]() ![]() SC: Son, when you've successfully wrangled a team of flying antlered ruminants, hanging ten is cake. It's always a bargain considering that you can stay right on the beach, take a surfing lesson, get some fresh seafood for dinner. Claus and I had a wonderful getaway to Laguna Beach, down the coast from Los Angeles. I reply, "Yup, it's me, and my elves tell me you ought to be ashamed of yourself!" And we have a good laugh. SC: Wherever I go, people point and shout, "Hey, it's Santa Claus!". RFC: But I'd think you'd get recognized at Walt Disney World-don't people bother you? First off is Walt Disney World-in early January the place is pretty quiet after all the holiday hubbub, and hotel rates are much lower than they are in December. RFC: And you're willing to share some post-Christmas vacation ideas with BT readers? SC: Omigosh, no, I won't go near an airport until after New Year's. RFC: Do you take off for vacation on the 26th? SC: Then I crash for what someone once called a "long winter's nap." SC: While the elves are taking care of the crew I'm enjoying a cold seltzer and a plate of pierogies on Christmas morning. Typically my elves are feeding and watering Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. SC: We deliver the last toys of the night out in the Pacific, by the International Dateline, then I turn the sleigh north and head back home. RFC: So, Santa Claus, when does your vacation start? I repinned BT's "Happiness is a direction, not a place" photo badge. SC: Well, I leave Twitter to the younger folks on staff. Yeah, years ago we sat around nine months out of the year till the "Dear Santa" letters started arriving, then it was a freakin' goat rodeo to fill the orders of the kids who made "Category: Nice." But these days we're monitoring trends via social media, which allows us to start making toys as early as April. We're fairly streamlined up here at the North Pole. Santa Claus: You know, that "busiest time of year" malarky is hype. Robert Firpo-Cappiello: Thanks so much for speaking with BT-I know this is your busiest time of year. (Also, full disclosure: I reminded him that we are the house that leaves him Nutella-stuffed chocolate chip cookies on Christmas Eve.) Here's my interview. Kringle thoroughly enjoyed our "How Not to Be the Ugly American Overseas" and agreed to give me a few spare minutes. But there are benefits to working for an award-winning magazine and website, and it turns out that Mr. Jeez, even the Wikipedia entry offers surprisingly little in the way of factual information. Apparently there's no 800 number, no website. ![]() I started thinking about who might be an expert on post-Christmas travel and it hit me: Who works harder at Christmastime-or deserves more of a break afterward-than St. If I have my way, I take my family somewhere nice after the holidays. Call me Scrooge (who, btw, I did not interview-because he is a fictional character), but I just don't like crowds. It happened like this: About a month ago I was thinking about how much I dislike traveling around the holidays. You're not gonna believe this, but I interviewed Santa Claus. ![]()
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