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Before Santa Claus, there was Abraham Claus. Abraham Claus — the forefather of all the Clauses — wore a $10 Santa coat with a round patch with Hebrew letters on his right sleeve bicep and a blue Star of David sewn on the back. He had snap-on peyos to complete the picture. This Semitic getup was the work of an Atlanta teen named Rick Rosenthal. In the 1960s, he’d stop by the homes of his cheerleader friends and garland their trees with miniature bagels. It started as a joke and, decades later, became a calling. Rosenthal, 68, now calls himself Santa Rick year-round. He’s also been a full-time Modern Orthodox Jew for over 30 years.
Listen to the radio version of the story here. Santa Rick Banks, a proud member of the National Brotherhood of Real Bearded Santas, sits before a laptop in the basement of his house in Chichester and adjusts the camera to make sure the Christmas tree behind him can be seen. “This year we have gone virtual,” Santa Rick says, “we've done some real live gigs as we call them. But they've been socially distanced.” Santa Rick Banks with his wife Annie as Mrs. Claus during a Zoom call. Credit Sean Hurley One unexpected problem with those live gigs, he says – there’s a certain kind of kid who – if you happen to be Santa Claus - will make a run at you. “I'm pretty good with the moves,” he says, “I mean, sometimes you get one that runs right at you and you got to you know, be like a bullfighter.”
Santa has swapped his slay for a Bently to deliver Christmas presents to a Coast charity this year. Generous Mooloolaba Lions and Lioness club members donated the gifts for Headspace at their annual Christmas dinner meeting in December. Santa and his helpers, including Jaz Hoy of Jaz Realty, delivered the presents to the charity office in Maroochydore using a Bentley with Santa’s Slay on the top – as the reindeer was resting for the big delivery on Christmas Eve. Headspace began in 2006 to provide tailored and holistic mental health support to 12 to 25-year-olds. With a focus on early intervention, the charity works with young people to provide support at a crucial time in their lives – to help get them back on track and strengthen their ability to manage their mental health in the future.
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BBC News By Silvia Martelli image captionChildren show Santa their gift wish lists in Seattle As the coronavirus rages in the US and health officials plead with Americans to stay home during the winter holidays, shopping malls are already hosting traditional visits with Santa Claus - except with festive new precautions in place. Santa Claus will still fly his reindeer-driven sleigh from the North Pole to your local mall, say his metaphorical marketing elves, despite Covid-19 travel restrictions in place across the world. But this year the iconic white beard might be more difficult for awestruck children to recognise behind a surgical mask or a plexiglass window.