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[baby crying]
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[Donna Summer's "I Feel Love"]
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♪ ♪
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[babies screaming]
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[baby crying]
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♪ ♪
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- ♪ I feel love ♪
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♪ I feel love ♪
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[baby crying]
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♪ ♪
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♪ I feel love ♪
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♪ I feel love ♪
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♪ ♪
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[serious music]
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[indistinct chatter,
car doors closing]
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♪ ♪
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- I got it. I got it.
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It doesn't bend well,
that's all.
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The right knee
is the worst one.
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There you go.
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- You skinny guys
will have to sit at the end.
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[laughter]
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- Dick, you've been doing this
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probably longer than any of us.
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I mean, you must have
some stories about--
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- Oh, sure.
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[hoarsely] This little boy
was waiting...
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[clears throat]
In line.
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And he was just jumping,
and he held his hands,
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and he was smiling
like crazy, you know?
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And, like, he just could
not wait to get to see Santa.
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And so, finally, it's his turn.
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And I says,
"And so how are you?"
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And he says,
"I pooped!"
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[laughter]
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- So I've got one.
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A lot of times they'll say,
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"All right, if you're the real
Santa, what's my name?"
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- Oh, I got that one.
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- And usually what I say is,
"Listen, I only know
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"the names of the children
on the nice list.
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I don't know your name."
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[laughter]
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- So I got a call
to book a Santa.
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And she said, "Is he white?"
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And I was like,
"Well, yeah, I mean...
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all the Santas
I have are white."
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So I'm thinking about trying
to bring on people
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who can--
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so you can offer Santas
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who aren't kind of
the cookie cutter,
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white, 65 years old, fat.
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Now, some clients
will disagree
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because they have
a very specific thing
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they want in their Santa.
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- The way I explained it
one time
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when I got challenged
on it was,
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well, I started with
the history of Santa, okay?
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Santa originated
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in the European continent,
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and the predominant
population was white.
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So Santa would be white.
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- Actually--
- That's wrong.
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Jesus Christ and St. Nicholas
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would have been brown,
not white.
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- I'm talking about trying
to explain
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to a four-year-old child
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why she can't have
a Black Santa.
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- It doesn't matter.
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It just doesn't matter
whether they're gay,
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they're white,
they're Jewish, they're Black.
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Being the oldest member
of this group,
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for my generation, at first,
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this was a little difficult
to accept.
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But God created no junk.
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You know?
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So it doesn't matter.
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[light music]
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[engine turning over]
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♪ ♪
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- Oh, about ten years ago,
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we created
the New England Santa Society.
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And it's open for Santas
of all types,
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Mrs. Clauses, elves,
and other holiday performers.
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We have a lot
of really experienced Santas.
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I mean, we have Santas who have
been doing it 30, 40, 50 years.
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So we created a school,
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which is now called Santa Camp.
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It's starting to become
more visible
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and we're starting to do
much more promotion of it.
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So this is one of
the most popular top reasons
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to come to Santa Camp.
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We have some photos.
We have some videos.
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We do have our kazoo band.
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[kazoos playing]
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One of the things
I think really sets
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our Santa school apart
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is that we have been trying
to reach out
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to more and more types
of Santas
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and Santas
from different backgrounds,
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just...
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people who are different.
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But I think sometimes
the issue we run into
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is that people just have
a very...
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specific idea of what Santa
should look like.
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And I think a lot of times,
it's their childhood Santa,
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the one they remember as kids.
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♪ ♪
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- Does Santa need
to have a look?
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Well, he's certainly
got to look
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something like Santa Claus.
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- It must be a red suit,
black belt, beard.
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And it's much better
if they can pull it, okay?
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- You can get,
like, a heat iron,
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and you just kind of curl it
and roll it under.
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- The belly can be padded.
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Mine is real.
I can't hide that.
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- I think people definitely
have an expectation
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of how Santa should look.
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A few years ago, I understand
that they did hire
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a Black Santa
at the Mall of America.
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And apparently
it didn't go so well,
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and there was a lot
of pushback about it,
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and not everybody
was thrilled with the idea.
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- A Black Santa Claus
at the Mall of America,
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the country's largest mall,
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is causing a torrent
of hateful, racist comments.
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- With some people online
even calling for a boycott.
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- There was some talk
on the Internet,
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not from other Santas.
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- Unfortunately, in America,
we're not quite at the stage
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where everybody can be accepted
as Santa Claus.
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- I just don't know
why it's necessary.
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I don't understand
why people feel
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they need a Black Santa Claus.
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Changing the race
is cultural appropriation.
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- For all you kids watching
at home, Santa just is white.
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How do you just revise it,
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you know, in the middle
of the legacy of the story
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and change Santa
from white to Black?
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I mean, you can't.
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[dog barking]
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♪ ♪
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- [lows]
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- This is Rudy.
This is our baby.
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Look at how big he's grown.
See those antlers?
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Santa has reindeer
all over the world,
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in case he should have
a problem with the Elite Eight
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on his special trips.
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You all pooped and tuckered.
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Oh, there you go.
You gonna take a little nap?
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Santa likes to take a nap
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in the afternoon, too,
sometimes, you know?
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My role as Mrs. Claus
started in 2006.
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I had just retired.
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[chuckles] Yeah, I spent 40
years working in engineering,
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which was pretty much
a male-dominated field.
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So, yeah, so when I make up for
the character as Mrs. Claus...
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[scoffs] She ain't being
disrespected, you know?
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It's like, I am not
the warm-up act for Santa.
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I come in on his arm.
I am his wife.
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I am not an elf
doing all those things
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that I think the elves do.
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Let's see.
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Santa loves Mrs. Claus.
Mrs. Claus loves Santa.
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There's no doubt about that.
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But as the world has changed,
so has Mrs. Claus.
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We've come a long way, baby.
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In a few weeks, I'm gonna be up
in Manchester, New Hampshire,
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at the Santa Camp.
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And I'm gonna be doing
a program
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with a couple other Santas
and Mrs. Clauses
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about issues with Mrs. Claus.
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I think everybody wants to be
treated fairly and equally,
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and, you know,
that's just the way it is.
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But how pushy are you gonna be
about it, you know?
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And it's like, "I'm pushy."
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[reel whirs, water splashes]
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[excited chatter]
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♪ ♪
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[people screaming]
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- Merry Christmas!
- Hi.
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- Yo, Santa!
- Hey, guys. How are you?
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- Yeah!
- Good to see you.
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- Say cookies!
- Cookies!
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- So today there's gonna be
a lot of Santas
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running around the park.
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Once we're away
from Christmas,
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we meet pretty much
every month as a group.
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- Hey, Santa.
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- Well, hello, there,
young man.
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We like to dress up,
have different outfits.
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This is our summer
Santa style.
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[laughing]
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- That shit's going deep!
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- Hi!
[baby crying]
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Okay.
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I thought that
was a smile coming.
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[laughs]
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Hey, come on over.
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Are you gonna get a picture,
or you just want to chat?
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- Both!
- All right.
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Let's get
a good background here.
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We'll get
this banana background.
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- A real live Santa Claus.
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You have the new kicks.
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- No!
These were made by an elf.
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[laughter]
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- So Santa was, like,
definitely my biggest idol.
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That's why I'm, like,
kind of shocked right now.
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He was like, my hero,
definitely.
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- Have you always seen Santa
as being white?
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- Yes. I wish there was, like,
a variety of Santas
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that are willing to come
in different colors
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to let people know
that they could come
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in any different shape
and form, you know?
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But that's not how the world,
like, is right now, so...
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- But it could change.
- Yeah.
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- Yeah, things are changing.
- Hopefully.
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You just got to find 'em.
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- Yeah.
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♪ ♪
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- Jolly.
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Santa Claus is just an idea.
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And the fact that a Black child
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wants to have a Black Santa,
somebody who looks like them,
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what's the problem?
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I mean...
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that's it.
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It's Santa.
[chuckles]
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I mean...
[scoffs, sniffles]
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[voice breaking]
The look in the kids' eyes
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when they meet you, and...
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That's what it's about.
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♪ ♪
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[sniffles]
Excuse me.
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[blows nose]
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♪ ♪
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Here in New Hampshire,
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we don't have
huge minority populations,
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so we have been reaching out
to people outside New England.
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"Black Santa Claus."
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And there's a Santa
named Chris.
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He's Black.
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And he has a heck
of a story to tell.
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- A North Little Rock man's
Facebook post is going viral
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after showing a letter
he received in the mail.
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- He claims that he was
the target of a racist note...
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- Attacking him
for not having a white Santa.
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- I have never had any problems
out of anybody.
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All of a sudden, we got
a problem with Black Santa.
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But this man...
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he ain't coming down.
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[dramatic music]
262
00:13:36,398 --> 00:13:41,403
We moved to North Little Rock
specifically for our daughter.
263
00:13:41,487 --> 00:13:44,949
We wanted to offer her
a great education
264
00:13:45,032 --> 00:13:47,243
from the very beginning.
265
00:13:48,702 --> 00:13:50,704
- I'm drawing Santa.
266
00:13:50,788 --> 00:13:55,209
No, I'm gonna do
a little bit of brown.
267
00:13:55,292 --> 00:13:57,461
He's kind of chocolaty.
268
00:13:58,837 --> 00:14:00,631
But, you know,
we're Black people
269
00:14:00,714 --> 00:14:05,386
in a predominantly
white neighborhood.
270
00:14:05,469 --> 00:14:09,390
That is the Karen right there.
- Yes.
271
00:14:09,473 --> 00:14:12,560
- She making blocks.
- Yeah, she is.
272
00:14:12,643 --> 00:14:14,645
And she's calling.
- Calling who?
273
00:14:14,728 --> 00:14:18,315
- The police, I guess.
- Psycho.
274
00:14:18,399 --> 00:14:19,775
- When you're walking
by yourself,
275
00:14:19,858 --> 00:14:21,986
that's why I definitely feel
the need
276
00:14:22,069 --> 00:14:24,572
that you need to be
in bright clothing.
277
00:14:24,655 --> 00:14:26,490
Like, I prefer
that your cell phone case
278
00:14:26,574 --> 00:14:30,035
be a bright, obnoxious color
so someone can obviously tell
279
00:14:30,119 --> 00:14:32,705
that it is a cell phone
and not a gun.
280
00:14:32,788 --> 00:14:34,748
♪ ♪
281
00:14:34,832 --> 00:14:37,626
- Representation is a big thing
for our family.
282
00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:42,464
And I have a ten-foot-tall
inflatable Black Santa.
283
00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:44,174
One day I checked the mail,
284
00:14:44,258 --> 00:14:47,011
and there was
a letter in there.
285
00:14:47,094 --> 00:14:48,804
I opened it.
I got mad.
286
00:14:48,887 --> 00:14:52,266
I was definitely angry.
In fact, I was livid.
287
00:14:52,349 --> 00:14:55,811
This is the type of people
that I live around.
288
00:14:55,894 --> 00:14:57,187
This is the type of people
289
00:14:57,271 --> 00:14:59,273
that I have to raise
my daughter around.
290
00:14:59,356 --> 00:15:03,736
These are the type of people
that I have to worry about.
291
00:15:03,819 --> 00:15:08,991
♪ ♪
292
00:15:09,074 --> 00:15:12,161
This is what I got.
293
00:15:12,244 --> 00:15:15,331
- Can I ask you to read it?
- I really don't want to.
294
00:15:15,414 --> 00:15:17,791
Like, it just...
295
00:15:17,875 --> 00:15:19,585
Yeah.
296
00:15:19,668 --> 00:15:22,254
Because one of the things--
I start stuttering,
297
00:15:22,338 --> 00:15:24,256
and that makes me
even more frustrated.
298
00:15:24,340 --> 00:15:28,927
And so that's why I generally
don't read it out loud.
299
00:15:30,095 --> 00:15:31,430
So, yeah.
300
00:15:32,681 --> 00:15:36,852
♪ ♪
301
00:15:36,935 --> 00:15:38,646
- [humming]
302
00:15:38,729 --> 00:15:43,192
- It was 100% an attack
on who I am as a person.
303
00:15:43,275 --> 00:15:47,321
♪ ♪
304
00:15:47,404 --> 00:15:48,864
We, of course, thought,
305
00:15:48,947 --> 00:15:51,992
"Did we pick the right
neighborhood to live in?
306
00:15:52,076 --> 00:15:55,704
And should we be
looking to move?"
307
00:15:55,788 --> 00:15:57,998
That's what we live
next door to.
308
00:15:58,082 --> 00:16:00,376
♪ ♪
309
00:16:00,459 --> 00:16:02,628
A stupid Confederate flag.
310
00:16:02,711 --> 00:16:05,506
♪ ♪
311
00:16:05,589 --> 00:16:09,301
It's the clear
and present danger for us.
312
00:16:09,385 --> 00:16:11,261
I needed to channel the anger
313
00:16:11,345 --> 00:16:14,556
into something
that wasn't negative.
314
00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,226
So I went and rented
a Santa costume
315
00:16:17,309 --> 00:16:21,230
and played Santa Claus
for my daughter.
316
00:16:21,313 --> 00:16:24,775
- Down and across.
317
00:16:24,858 --> 00:16:26,777
- I want to be able to be
Black Santa
318
00:16:26,860 --> 00:16:28,237
for other families.
319
00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,823
So I'm gonna be going
up to New Hampshire
320
00:16:30,906 --> 00:16:32,282
to a Santa camp
321
00:16:32,366 --> 00:16:35,744
to learn all the ins and outs
of being Santa.
322
00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:38,664
- This is what I created.
323
00:16:38,747 --> 00:16:43,210
♪ ♪
324
00:16:46,171 --> 00:16:47,798
- How long have you been
a Santa?
325
00:16:47,881 --> 00:16:50,467
- I've been a Santa
since I was 16 years old.
326
00:16:50,551 --> 00:16:53,762
I'm 69 years old
in human years now.
327
00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:55,723
So 53 years.
328
00:16:55,806 --> 00:16:58,559
- I have been to Santa Camp
three years in a row.
329
00:16:58,642 --> 00:17:02,563
It helps me connect
with other like-minded people.
330
00:17:02,646 --> 00:17:05,232
- You learn techniques.
331
00:17:05,315 --> 00:17:07,860
And you learn the business
332
00:17:07,943 --> 00:17:11,113
'cause the business
of Santa Claus is very big.
333
00:17:11,196 --> 00:17:13,449
I could easily walk away
334
00:17:13,532 --> 00:17:16,201
with $2,000 a night.
335
00:17:16,285 --> 00:17:18,704
- There's a particular Santa
that comes from Rhode Island.
336
00:17:18,787 --> 00:17:22,040
He's known
as Santa to the Stars.
337
00:17:22,124 --> 00:17:23,917
I mean,
he has a house in Italy.
338
00:17:24,001 --> 00:17:25,794
I mean, he has a house
in California,
339
00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:27,629
and he drives brand-new cars.
340
00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:29,173
- I think there's approximately
341
00:17:29,256 --> 00:17:32,134
5,000 to 6,000
professional Santas.
342
00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:36,180
And you know the whole reason
of having professional Santas
343
00:17:36,263 --> 00:17:38,307
is to improve, like a guild.
344
00:17:38,390 --> 00:17:41,477
- You meet people and learn
from their experiences.
345
00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,103
It's like a big family.
346
00:17:43,187 --> 00:17:45,647
- Santa Society is
like a brotherhood.
347
00:17:45,731 --> 00:17:49,318
We quite often call ourselves
"The Brothers in Red."
348
00:17:49,401 --> 00:17:52,529
[distant bell tolling]
349
00:17:54,573 --> 00:17:58,160
[light music]
350
00:17:58,243 --> 00:18:05,083
♪ ♪
351
00:18:05,167 --> 00:18:07,836
- Into your hands, oh, God,
352
00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:11,882
we commend Your servant
Dick Marshall.
353
00:18:11,965 --> 00:18:13,717
- It doesn't matter.
354
00:18:13,801 --> 00:18:17,096
God created no junk.
355
00:18:17,179 --> 00:18:20,098
♪ ♪
356
00:18:20,182 --> 00:18:23,060
- All that he did,
Dick offered love
357
00:18:23,143 --> 00:18:25,229
and compassion and faith
358
00:18:25,312 --> 00:18:29,691
shared through joy
and a bit of hope and magic.
359
00:18:29,775 --> 00:18:32,528
On behalf
of Dick Marshall's family,
360
00:18:32,611 --> 00:18:34,738
you are welcomed here.
361
00:18:34,822 --> 00:18:38,659
All are welcomed here...
362
00:18:38,742 --> 00:18:41,161
because as Dick
so amply enjoyed saying...
363
00:18:41,245 --> 00:18:42,871
- Perfect. Thanks.
364
00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:46,041
- That "God don't
make no junk."
365
00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,710
♪ ♪
366
00:18:48,794 --> 00:18:50,838
- Look at this one
with the wig flying back.
367
00:18:50,921 --> 00:18:53,549
- Dick looks like
he's terrified, you know.
368
00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:55,551
- In that one.
both: Yep.
369
00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:57,427
♪ ♪
370
00:18:57,511 --> 00:19:00,639
- It was just so sudden.
It was heartbreaking.
371
00:19:00,722 --> 00:19:04,309
- Yeah. He was very supportive
of the move now
372
00:19:04,393 --> 00:19:09,314
to try to expand the diversity
of the Santa community
373
00:19:09,398 --> 00:19:12,609
and trying to brainstorm,
374
00:19:12,693 --> 00:19:15,195
like, how do we reach out,
how do we find those people?
375
00:19:15,279 --> 00:19:17,656
- Well, you can't put an ad
in the paper, say,
376
00:19:17,739 --> 00:19:21,577
"Any dwarfs out there
that want to be Santa Claus,
377
00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:23,745
"particularly if you're Jewish
378
00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:26,999
and of a different color."
379
00:19:27,082 --> 00:19:29,835
There's no way for us
to ask for that
380
00:19:29,918 --> 00:19:33,130
that I'm aware of
without offending.
381
00:19:33,213 --> 00:19:36,258
- There is that...
382
00:19:36,341 --> 00:19:39,970
conservatism sometimes in the
Santa community
383
00:19:40,053 --> 00:19:42,264
that's very closed.
384
00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:45,934
But I think that was
the nice thing with Dick,
385
00:19:46,018 --> 00:19:51,023
is that it didn't matter
what you look like.
386
00:19:52,316 --> 00:19:54,860
Being Santa is in the heart.
387
00:19:54,943 --> 00:20:02,034
♪ ♪
388
00:20:14,296 --> 00:20:15,881
- All right.
Whoa!
389
00:20:15,964 --> 00:20:18,300
♪ ♪
390
00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:19,676
Stay.
391
00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:24,014
♪ ♪
392
00:20:24,097 --> 00:20:28,143
How's this one?
Oh, this one's good.
393
00:20:28,226 --> 00:20:31,605
- There he is.
- Ho, ho, ho!
394
00:20:31,688 --> 00:20:34,399
- Hi.
- It's nice to meet you.
395
00:20:34,483 --> 00:20:35,901
- Now, I have a question.
396
00:20:35,984 --> 00:20:39,738
Is there anything
that we need to do or...
397
00:20:39,821 --> 00:20:43,408
I mean, have you ever had
a nonspeaking person there
398
00:20:43,492 --> 00:20:45,494
at Santa Camp
before or anything?
399
00:20:45,577 --> 00:20:48,914
- This will be the first.
- Oh, okay.
400
00:20:48,997 --> 00:20:50,707
[chuckles]
'Cause it's a little bit--
401
00:20:50,791 --> 00:20:54,962
You know, going into a new
situation with lots of people
402
00:20:55,045 --> 00:20:56,588
can be a little daunting.
403
00:20:56,672 --> 00:21:00,968
Because Fin Barre's
a Santa with spina bifida,
404
00:21:01,051 --> 00:21:04,513
and I don't know
if that's a situation--
405
00:21:04,596 --> 00:21:06,640
- Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
406
00:21:06,723 --> 00:21:09,142
- Doesn't have any problem with
the "ho, ho, ho" part, however.
407
00:21:09,226 --> 00:21:12,020
- Yeah. That's right.
[laughter]
408
00:21:13,397 --> 00:21:16,066
- In here is...
409
00:21:16,149 --> 00:21:18,276
the lair of Santa Fin.
410
00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:19,611
And there he is.
411
00:21:19,695 --> 00:21:21,363
- [grunts]
- [chuckles]
412
00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:24,199
- [computerized voice]
I love everything about Santa.
413
00:21:24,282 --> 00:21:26,702
- Really? I couldn't tell.
414
00:21:26,785 --> 00:21:30,664
- What's that device
that you're holding?
415
00:21:30,747 --> 00:21:32,457
- My iPad.
416
00:21:32,541 --> 00:21:35,252
- So Fin is what's called
a multimodal communicator,
417
00:21:35,335 --> 00:21:39,214
meaning he uses his hands,
his body, his iPad,
418
00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:42,718
and his voice to communicate.
419
00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:45,512
- Can it ever be hard
to communicate?
420
00:21:47,347 --> 00:21:48,598
- Yes.
421
00:21:48,682 --> 00:21:53,061
- Except when he has
the big red suit on.
422
00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:56,148
The magic just...
[snaps fingers] Clicks.
423
00:21:57,899 --> 00:22:00,944
- What's the best thing
about being Santa?
424
00:22:01,028 --> 00:22:06,700
♪ ♪
425
00:22:06,783 --> 00:22:08,785
- I fly around in a sleigh.
426
00:22:08,869 --> 00:22:12,080
- Ho, ho, ho, ho.
- Your sleigh.
427
00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:16,418
Anytime anyone sees anything
that says "ho, ho, ho" on it,
428
00:22:16,501 --> 00:22:18,920
it ends up
in this room somehow.
429
00:22:19,004 --> 00:22:22,591
That's a gift. That's a gift.
That's a gift. That's a gift.
430
00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:25,093
And he's got that whole
snow-globe thing
431
00:22:25,177 --> 00:22:27,429
going on here, too.
432
00:22:28,805 --> 00:22:32,309
- So we need to do all sorts
of updates
433
00:22:32,392 --> 00:22:33,810
on the Santa Fin website.
434
00:22:33,894 --> 00:22:36,730
- Okay. And maybe
we might have some giveaway.
435
00:22:36,813 --> 00:22:38,774
I'm not quite sure
what that would be.
436
00:22:38,857 --> 00:22:40,984
- T-shirts.
- T-shirts.
437
00:22:41,068 --> 00:22:42,778
- Candy.
- [chuckles]
438
00:22:42,861 --> 00:22:45,947
- I want my elves
to give out stuffed bears.
439
00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:48,950
- You want to do that?
- Cool.
440
00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:53,163
- So, on the homepage, it says,
"It all started with a dream,
441
00:22:53,246 --> 00:22:56,416
"a dream to follow his passion
and be a real Santa,
442
00:22:56,500 --> 00:23:00,212
regardless of any obstacle
that may have been in his way."
443
00:23:00,295 --> 00:23:02,005
[both chuckle]
444
00:23:02,089 --> 00:23:04,674
- What are some
of those obstacles?
445
00:23:04,758 --> 00:23:07,469
- Well, what's happened a lot
in the past
446
00:23:07,552 --> 00:23:09,471
when we've reached out
to places,
447
00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:11,973
they're like,
"Yeah, a special--What?
448
00:23:12,057 --> 00:23:13,391
"No. What?
449
00:23:13,475 --> 00:23:16,770
No, we couldn't have
a special-needs Santa."
450
00:23:16,853 --> 00:23:20,774
And, I mean, I've had people
that have said to me, you know,
451
00:23:20,857 --> 00:23:22,651
"Can I catch what he has?"
It's like--
452
00:23:22,734 --> 00:23:24,236
- What?
- "I don't know,
453
00:23:24,319 --> 00:23:26,655
but you caught an awful lot
of stupid, like"...
454
00:23:26,738 --> 00:23:27,948
- Yeah, you caught stupid.
455
00:23:28,031 --> 00:23:30,659
- Fin, how did that
make you feel?
456
00:23:30,742 --> 00:23:32,744
- Sad.
- Sad? Yeah.
457
00:23:32,828 --> 00:23:36,039
- Sad.
- Yeah, it's super painful.
458
00:23:37,290 --> 00:23:39,376
[voice breaking]
I don't know, man.
459
00:23:39,459 --> 00:23:41,169
[sniffles]
460
00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,839
- He's typing something.
461
00:23:43,922 --> 00:23:45,423
- Go ahead, honey.
462
00:23:47,008 --> 00:23:51,012
- I want to be a Santa
in a December parade.
463
00:23:51,096 --> 00:23:52,264
- Okay.
464
00:23:52,347 --> 00:23:54,141
- What is it about being
in a parade
465
00:23:54,224 --> 00:23:56,518
that's, like,
so important to you?
466
00:23:56,601 --> 00:24:01,314
- I want to show everyone
that I am the real Santa.
467
00:24:02,357 --> 00:24:06,027
- It's his dream, so...
- Yes.
468
00:24:11,158 --> 00:24:13,618
- All right, so...
469
00:24:13,702 --> 00:24:15,495
Hi there, Kay.
This is Suki.
470
00:24:15,579 --> 00:24:20,542
I had texted you about a month
or so ago about the parade.
471
00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:22,294
- Hello.
- I'm calling.
472
00:24:22,377 --> 00:24:26,381
I know it's August, but
I've got a kind of wild idea.
473
00:24:26,464 --> 00:24:30,719
- Well, maybe.
I don't know who--
474
00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:33,930
[line beeps]
- Oh, no, I lost him.
475
00:24:34,014 --> 00:24:35,015
Unreal.
476
00:24:35,098 --> 00:24:37,851
[exhales deeply]
477
00:24:41,605 --> 00:24:43,231
[keys clacking]
478
00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:45,483
- So we have been
reaching out to Santas
479
00:24:45,567 --> 00:24:47,319
of different backgrounds...
480
00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:51,364
Like this Santa named Levi.
481
00:24:51,448 --> 00:24:52,866
He's trans.
482
00:24:52,949 --> 00:24:54,409
- Ho, ho, ho.
483
00:24:54,492 --> 00:24:57,579
Santa Levi,
aka Trans Santa here.
484
00:24:57,662 --> 00:25:00,749
- Actually, he looks
pretty good as a Santa.
485
00:25:00,832 --> 00:25:02,250
- [mouthing words]
486
00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:05,587
- ♪ I don't want
a lot for Christmas ♪
487
00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:08,340
- That's what
we're looking for.
488
00:25:08,423 --> 00:25:12,510
[laughter]
489
00:25:16,973 --> 00:25:21,811
- We literally went to Target
and bought a Santa onesie.
490
00:25:21,895 --> 00:25:23,313
[laughs]
491
00:25:23,396 --> 00:25:25,982
Look how cute we are.
492
00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:27,901
Look at Levi with the babies.
493
00:25:27,984 --> 00:25:30,445
- Most of the kids cried.
- [giggles]
494
00:25:30,528 --> 00:25:32,906
- I think the night before
and that morning,
495
00:25:32,989 --> 00:25:35,659
I, like, practiced
ho-ho-ho-ing
496
00:25:35,742 --> 00:25:37,702
'cause that was, like, really--
497
00:25:37,786 --> 00:25:40,288
I was like, oh, wait.
I have to like,
498
00:25:40,372 --> 00:25:42,499
talk to people in a Santa-y,
499
00:25:42,582 --> 00:25:46,461
like, boisterous like,
"ho, ho, ho," right?
500
00:25:46,544 --> 00:25:48,004
'Cause, you know, it takes
a while for your voice
501
00:25:48,088 --> 00:25:49,965
to change when you're taking
testosterone.
502
00:25:50,048 --> 00:25:52,592
But in a Santa suit,
everybody likes you,
503
00:25:52,676 --> 00:25:54,511
so it's fine.
504
00:25:54,594 --> 00:25:58,348
♪ ♪
505
00:25:58,431 --> 00:26:00,016
- We met online.
- Yeah.
506
00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:02,644
- [clears throat] I was fresh
out of a relationship.
507
00:26:02,727 --> 00:26:04,854
He was newish to Chicago.
508
00:26:04,938 --> 00:26:06,731
Can I talk about you
for a second?
509
00:26:06,815 --> 00:26:08,149
- Yeah.
- When we met,
510
00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:10,902
Levi knew that he was a boy
511
00:26:10,986 --> 00:26:13,613
but had no desire
to ever transition.
512
00:26:13,697 --> 00:26:16,491
- I just didn't want to be
an old white guy
513
00:26:16,574 --> 00:26:21,246
having privilege and not
recognizing privilege and--
514
00:26:21,329 --> 00:26:23,832
I don't want to be that.
515
00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:25,208
I like being other.
516
00:26:25,292 --> 00:26:27,502
- And part of that is being
Trans Santa
517
00:26:27,585 --> 00:26:31,339
and being, like,
a super queer fat Mrs. Claus...
518
00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:33,967
[laughs]
And killing it.
519
00:26:34,050 --> 00:26:35,218
Check that out.
520
00:26:35,302 --> 00:26:36,678
- Oh, boo.
- Oh!
521
00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:38,680
Still have zero, by the way.
- Oh, I'm losing.
522
00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:41,349
When Heidi found out
there was a Santa Camp,
523
00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:44,060
she immediately was like,
"Yeah, we're going."
524
00:26:44,144 --> 00:26:45,437
And I was like, "Why?"
525
00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:47,605
- What is not appealing
about Santa Camp?
526
00:26:47,689 --> 00:26:50,150
I mean, come on!
That sounds amazing.
527
00:26:50,233 --> 00:26:51,860
'Cause to me, I think like,
528
00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:56,239
Santa in, like, big armchairs
that are cozy, right?
529
00:26:56,323 --> 00:26:59,534
So that's what I visualized.
530
00:26:59,617 --> 00:27:01,244
Look at all that
wood paneling.
531
00:27:01,328 --> 00:27:04,205
- Yeah. And a lot of red.
532
00:27:04,289 --> 00:27:06,374
- Oh.
- Oh.
533
00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:08,418
- They're all white.
534
00:27:08,501 --> 00:27:10,295
- Are they all white?
535
00:27:10,378 --> 00:27:11,921
- I mean...
536
00:27:12,005 --> 00:27:15,342
at a first visual capture,
they appear to be all white.
537
00:27:15,425 --> 00:27:16,468
- It's true.
538
00:27:16,551 --> 00:27:18,303
♪ ♪
539
00:27:18,386 --> 00:27:20,930
Are you still
as excited to go as you were?
540
00:27:21,014 --> 00:27:24,559
- [exhales deeply]
- You okay?
541
00:27:24,642 --> 00:27:26,394
Like, I genuinely want to go
542
00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:29,856
and learn
how to be a better Santa.
543
00:27:29,939 --> 00:27:33,818
Hope I'm accepted
by the other Santas.
544
00:27:33,902 --> 00:27:35,612
- Fuck 'em if you're not, babe.
545
00:27:35,695 --> 00:27:38,073
- It's true, but--
- Like, come on.
546
00:27:38,156 --> 00:27:40,283
[soft music]
547
00:27:40,367 --> 00:27:43,244
People need to see themselves
in role models.
548
00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:45,580
- For sure.
549
00:27:45,663 --> 00:27:48,375
Like, if I saw
a trans Santa when I was a kid
550
00:27:48,458 --> 00:27:49,918
and I was like...
551
00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:53,463
you know, when I was a kid,
I didn't really know,
552
00:27:53,546 --> 00:27:55,340
like, what trans was.
553
00:27:55,423 --> 00:27:57,467
♪ ♪
554
00:27:57,550 --> 00:28:01,388
It would be...comforting.
I don't know.
555
00:28:01,471 --> 00:28:04,808
- Empowering.
- Definitely empowering.
556
00:28:04,891 --> 00:28:07,185
♪ ♪
557
00:28:07,268 --> 00:28:09,521
Yeah.
558
00:28:09,604 --> 00:28:12,273
Now I'm starting to get, like,
choked up a little bit.
559
00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:14,359
- I can tell.
- I don't know.
560
00:28:14,442 --> 00:28:17,987
♪ ♪
561
00:28:18,071 --> 00:28:20,532
- What are you thinking?
- [chuckles]
562
00:28:20,615 --> 00:28:26,704
♪ ♪
563
00:28:26,788 --> 00:28:30,375
- Sorry.
[sniffles]
564
00:28:30,458 --> 00:28:32,627
- It would have made
a difference for you.
565
00:28:32,710 --> 00:28:35,505
- Yeah.
[scoffs]
566
00:28:35,588 --> 00:28:37,549
Yeah.
[sniffles]
567
00:28:37,632 --> 00:28:44,722
♪ ♪
568
00:28:48,226 --> 00:28:50,186
[bright music]
569
00:28:50,270 --> 00:28:52,730
- The preparations have begun.
570
00:28:52,814 --> 00:28:54,023
Here we go.
571
00:28:54,107 --> 00:28:56,860
Starting with the fat suit.
572
00:28:56,943 --> 00:28:59,821
- So how are you feeling?
573
00:28:59,904 --> 00:29:02,907
- I am excited for Santa Camp.
574
00:29:02,991 --> 00:29:05,994
- Oops. Now it's just
totally coming off.
575
00:29:06,077 --> 00:29:08,746
This needs to get fixed
as well.
576
00:29:08,830 --> 00:29:11,791
- You gonna wear this
at Santa Camp?
577
00:29:11,875 --> 00:29:13,668
Cool. It's gonna be perfect.
578
00:29:13,751 --> 00:29:15,378
- Fin is asking every day,
579
00:29:15,462 --> 00:29:17,547
"Is it time to go to camp?
Is it time to go to camp?"
580
00:29:17,630 --> 00:29:20,592
- I think it's gonna be hot
at camp, so...
581
00:29:20,675 --> 00:29:22,844
no velvet.
582
00:29:22,927 --> 00:29:25,054
- I get anxious.
I worry, for sure.
583
00:29:25,138 --> 00:29:26,514
I don't want him to get hurt.
584
00:29:26,598 --> 00:29:28,433
I particularly don't want
anybody to call him,
585
00:29:28,516 --> 00:29:29,851
like, the R word.
586
00:29:29,934 --> 00:29:32,020
There could be some people
that would think,
587
00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:34,022
"Oh, you know,
588
00:29:34,105 --> 00:29:38,401
shouldn't have someone like
that being Santa," you know.
589
00:29:38,485 --> 00:29:40,111
I mean, there could be somebody
in a group of 100 people
590
00:29:40,195 --> 00:29:41,738
that would feel that way.
591
00:29:41,821 --> 00:29:44,991
I mean, the probability
is fairly high, I would say...
592
00:29:45,074 --> 00:29:46,743
particularly old white men.
[chuckles]
593
00:29:46,826 --> 00:29:48,870
- You gonna bring
your beard, too?
594
00:29:48,953 --> 00:29:50,663
Yeah.
595
00:29:51,789 --> 00:29:54,125
It needs a good brush.
596
00:29:54,209 --> 00:29:57,962
- It's amazing, really,
the things that he can do
597
00:29:58,046 --> 00:30:00,882
that they told me
he would never do.
598
00:30:01,966 --> 00:30:04,886
The doctor said
he'd never walk and talk,
599
00:30:04,969 --> 00:30:07,013
that he'd be a quadriplegic.
600
00:30:07,096 --> 00:30:09,057
- Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
601
00:30:09,140 --> 00:30:12,769
- When you have spina bifida,
usually it's like...
602
00:30:12,852 --> 00:30:15,730
a lot of moms are told,
"Your son's gonna--
603
00:30:15,813 --> 00:30:17,482
"or your daughter's gonna be
a vegetable.
604
00:30:17,565 --> 00:30:19,734
Find a good institution
and visit them on the weekend,"
605
00:30:19,817 --> 00:30:21,194
which is what they told me.
606
00:30:21,277 --> 00:30:23,446
And I went,
"This is not your decision.
607
00:30:23,530 --> 00:30:25,698
And I am done
listening to this."
608
00:30:25,782 --> 00:30:27,408
And I never looked back,
609
00:30:27,492 --> 00:30:31,412
and I never, ever stopped.
610
00:30:31,496 --> 00:30:34,332
- What about that cool
"ho, ho, ho" vest?
611
00:30:34,415 --> 00:30:36,251
Mom made this for you.
612
00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:38,545
♪ ♪
613
00:30:38,628 --> 00:30:39,921
- It's a long journey.
614
00:30:40,004 --> 00:30:43,591
[voice breaking] I mean,
30 years is a long time.
615
00:30:43,675 --> 00:30:45,593
It's a big chunk of my life
616
00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:48,930
that I've devoted
to this young man.
617
00:30:49,013 --> 00:30:52,058
I'm 65. I'm tired.
[chuckles]
618
00:30:52,141 --> 00:30:55,061
- That will be good
for Santa Camp.
619
00:30:55,144 --> 00:30:57,272
- We are going to camp
620
00:30:57,355 --> 00:31:02,610
to have Fin have the best
experience that he can
621
00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:04,612
because this is his passion.
622
00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:08,408
And oddly enough,
it's become mine as well.
623
00:31:08,491 --> 00:31:12,495
♪ ♪
624
00:31:16,165 --> 00:31:19,294
[animals chattering]
625
00:31:22,964 --> 00:31:24,507
[indistinct chatter]
626
00:31:24,591 --> 00:31:27,552
[Enya's "Only Time"]
627
00:31:27,635 --> 00:31:34,726
♪ ♪
628
00:31:35,977 --> 00:31:40,815
- ♪ Who can say
where the road goes?
629
00:31:40,898 --> 00:31:43,860
♪ Where the day flows? ♪
630
00:31:43,943 --> 00:31:46,863
♪ Only time ♪
631
00:31:46,946 --> 00:31:49,866
♪ And who can say ♪
632
00:31:49,949 --> 00:31:52,118
♪ If your love grows ♪
633
00:31:52,201 --> 00:31:53,453
[camera shutter clicks]
634
00:31:53,536 --> 00:31:55,330
♪ As your heart chose? ♪
635
00:31:55,413 --> 00:31:57,874
♪ Only time ♪
636
00:31:57,957 --> 00:32:00,335
- All right, let's start.
637
00:32:00,418 --> 00:32:01,836
Let's get to work.
638
00:32:01,919 --> 00:32:06,382
♪ ♪
639
00:32:06,466 --> 00:32:08,635
- All right.
I'm taking this one.
640
00:32:08,718 --> 00:32:11,179
- A couple mosquitoes flying
around here.
641
00:32:11,262 --> 00:32:14,140
♪ ♪
642
00:32:14,223 --> 00:32:15,683
- Good to see you, Santa.
643
00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:19,520
- Oh, and it's good to see you,
Santa, as well.
644
00:32:19,604 --> 00:32:21,898
- Ho!
all: Ho!
645
00:32:21,981 --> 00:32:25,276
- Ho, ho, ho!
all: Ho, ho, ho!
646
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:29,530
♪ ♪
647
00:32:29,614 --> 00:32:31,240
- Santa Camp is not something
648
00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:34,494
that I had grown up
envisioning myself doing,
649
00:32:34,577 --> 00:32:38,039
so this is definitely
a new one on me.
650
00:32:38,122 --> 00:32:41,501
I mean, Black Santa
is not widely celebrated.
651
00:32:41,584 --> 00:32:44,170
There's not
very many of us, so...
652
00:32:44,253 --> 00:32:47,090
oh, it's definitely gonna be
a strange experience.
653
00:32:47,173 --> 00:32:48,800
- This must be Santa.
- It is Santa.
654
00:32:48,883 --> 00:32:51,052
- Has to be a Santa.
- We're glad you're here.
655
00:32:51,135 --> 00:32:52,804
- I'm happy to be here.
- Yeah.
656
00:32:52,887 --> 00:32:57,725
- You're close with your shoes.
Orange is close to red.
657
00:32:57,809 --> 00:33:00,770
- I actually do not own
a lot of red.
658
00:33:00,853 --> 00:33:03,147
Most of the things
that I own are green.
659
00:33:03,231 --> 00:33:07,193
♪ ♪
660
00:33:07,276 --> 00:33:12,365
- ♪ Who can say
if your love grows ♪
661
00:33:12,448 --> 00:33:16,285
- All right, we're gonna come
right up to the sign.
662
00:33:16,369 --> 00:33:18,287
Half circle around.
663
00:33:18,371 --> 00:33:21,791
Elves to the front.
664
00:33:21,874 --> 00:33:24,877
Are you getting excited?
665
00:33:24,961 --> 00:33:26,212
- Santa's here.
666
00:33:26,295 --> 00:33:29,841
- You with the white beard.
[laughter]
667
00:33:29,924 --> 00:33:31,259
- Smile.
668
00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:38,433
♪ ♪
669
00:33:40,810 --> 00:33:43,896
[all cheering]
670
00:33:47,024 --> 00:33:49,444
- I say "Santa,"
you say "Claus."
671
00:33:49,527 --> 00:33:50,653
Santa!
all: Claus!
672
00:33:50,737 --> 00:33:52,113
- Santa!
all: Claus!
673
00:33:52,196 --> 00:33:54,240
- I say "Missus,"
you say "Claus."
674
00:33:54,323 --> 00:33:55,533
Missus!
all: Claus!
675
00:33:55,616 --> 00:33:56,909
- Missus!
all: Claus!
676
00:33:56,993 --> 00:33:59,287
- I say "Rudolph,"
you say "reindeer."
677
00:33:59,370 --> 00:34:00,705
Rudolph!
all: Reindeer!
678
00:34:05,626 --> 00:34:08,796
- I many times have,
in the past few weeks,
679
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:13,384
thought that this is
really nuts, really crazy.
680
00:34:13,468 --> 00:34:16,929
[soft music]
681
00:34:17,013 --> 00:34:18,723
[balloon pops]
- Oh!
682
00:34:18,806 --> 00:34:20,600
- Oops.
683
00:34:20,683 --> 00:34:24,145
- Santa Camps
generally attract
684
00:34:24,228 --> 00:34:27,648
gentlemen of a certain age.
685
00:34:27,732 --> 00:34:31,652
Older gentlemen who have
cultivated fat tummies...
686
00:34:31,736 --> 00:34:35,823
[chuckles] And very serious
about their beards.
687
00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:40,328
Usually God-fearing kind of,
like, Vietnam-vet guys
688
00:34:40,411 --> 00:34:44,749
and Christian guys and...
689
00:34:44,832 --> 00:34:46,167
guys, you know?
690
00:34:46,250 --> 00:34:47,919
- Heads up.
691
00:34:48,002 --> 00:34:51,380
- We're going
into Santa world, and...
692
00:34:51,464 --> 00:34:53,966
I have no idea
how it's gonna go,
693
00:34:54,050 --> 00:34:57,512
because we are
very different...
694
00:34:57,595 --> 00:35:00,056
[chuckles]
Really different.
695
00:35:01,182 --> 00:35:02,934
- Are you nervous, Fin?
696
00:35:05,061 --> 00:35:08,815
- Got to do it for The Fin
because it's his dream.
697
00:35:08,898 --> 00:35:13,945
♪ ♪
698
00:35:14,028 --> 00:35:15,738
Oh, damn it.
699
00:35:17,198 --> 00:35:19,200
- [moans]
- I know you're excited.
700
00:35:19,283 --> 00:35:21,828
Please try to calm down, okay?
701
00:35:21,911 --> 00:35:26,123
♪ ♪
702
00:35:26,207 --> 00:35:28,543
[door opens]
Hi.
703
00:35:28,626 --> 00:35:31,712
- Hi, everybody.
I am Santa Fin.
704
00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:32,964
- Fin, your name tag.
705
00:35:33,047 --> 00:35:34,340
- We'll worry
about Wi-Fi later.
706
00:35:34,423 --> 00:35:35,883
- Oh, yes. Yeah.
707
00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:37,635
- Wi-Fi, where's the Wi-Fi?
- Yeah, right, right.
708
00:35:37,718 --> 00:35:38,928
Okay, that's for Fin.
709
00:35:39,011 --> 00:35:41,514
- Okay, there you go,
Santa Fin.
710
00:35:41,597 --> 00:35:43,558
- Yeah.
711
00:35:43,641 --> 00:35:46,477
- This is my son Fin.
I'm his momager.
712
00:35:46,561 --> 00:35:47,854
- Hi, Fin.
Pleasure to meet you.
713
00:35:47,937 --> 00:35:49,897
I'm Dave.
I'm one of the instructors.
714
00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:52,775
- I've been Santa
for six years.
715
00:35:52,859 --> 00:35:54,277
- Awesome. Awesome.
716
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:57,989
- There you go, like that.
Look right at me.
717
00:35:58,072 --> 00:35:59,824
Now...
718
00:35:59,907 --> 00:36:01,325
There you go.
719
00:36:01,409 --> 00:36:03,619
All right.
Are you ready to go, Fin?
720
00:36:03,703 --> 00:36:04,912
Your turn, dude.
721
00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:06,664
All right,
and look right at the child
722
00:36:06,747 --> 00:36:10,376
like the child is telling you
what's on their list.
723
00:36:10,459 --> 00:36:12,295
- I felt very nervous.
724
00:36:12,378 --> 00:36:14,505
But he usually
wins everybody over
725
00:36:14,589 --> 00:36:17,884
regardless
of all of the obstacles.
726
00:36:17,967 --> 00:36:20,052
- All right, you're all set.
- All right.
727
00:36:20,136 --> 00:36:21,262
- And who's next?
728
00:36:24,974 --> 00:36:27,351
- Let me push the button here,
see if it goes on.
729
00:36:27,435 --> 00:36:29,437
[device beeps]
730
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:33,107
[magical music]
731
00:36:33,190 --> 00:36:40,031
♪ ♪
732
00:36:40,114 --> 00:36:43,492
- Smile.
[indistinct chatter]
733
00:36:43,576 --> 00:36:46,329
- Snow, let it snow,
let it snow.
734
00:36:46,412 --> 00:36:48,080
- That's a good shot.
735
00:36:48,164 --> 00:36:50,249
- They won't believe that
in Rhode Island.
736
00:36:50,333 --> 00:36:52,168
- [laughs]
737
00:36:52,251 --> 00:36:55,004
- So what was Christmas like
down in Arkansas?
738
00:36:55,087 --> 00:36:56,714
- Well, I actually grew up
in Texas.
739
00:36:56,797 --> 00:36:58,841
- Oh, you did? Okay.
- Yeah.
740
00:36:58,925 --> 00:37:00,301
My mom's a lesbian.
741
00:37:00,384 --> 00:37:05,306
So Santa was
a Black lesbian woman for me.
742
00:37:05,389 --> 00:37:06,599
- Okay.
743
00:37:06,682 --> 00:37:08,142
- I think...
744
00:37:08,225 --> 00:37:10,978
sometimes you just worry
that you're going to say
745
00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:13,356
the wrong thing
and offend somebody.
746
00:37:13,439 --> 00:37:14,941
You know, you're just not sure
747
00:37:15,024 --> 00:37:18,110
how to deal with
those situations,
748
00:37:18,194 --> 00:37:22,073
especially today, in today's
politically correct world
749
00:37:22,156 --> 00:37:24,075
and cancel culture
and everything.
750
00:37:24,158 --> 00:37:27,286
You're just so afraid
what to say.
751
00:37:27,370 --> 00:37:29,580
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you. I'm Suki.
752
00:37:29,664 --> 00:37:32,667
- Hi. Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
753
00:37:32,750 --> 00:37:36,379
- We've tried to really work
on just making ourselves
754
00:37:36,462 --> 00:37:38,506
more familiar
with what's going on.
755
00:37:38,589 --> 00:37:41,509
And, I mean, you know,
we were talking today
756
00:37:41,592 --> 00:37:42,885
on another topic,
757
00:37:42,969 --> 00:37:45,680
but just
the whole pronouns issue,
758
00:37:45,763 --> 00:37:47,723
that for us old guys,
759
00:37:47,807 --> 00:37:52,061
it's like, "My pronoun?"
You know?
760
00:37:52,144 --> 00:37:54,689
Things have
really changed recently
761
00:37:54,772 --> 00:37:58,317
in acknowledging
the gender issues.
762
00:37:58,401 --> 00:38:00,569
♪ ♪
763
00:38:00,653 --> 00:38:03,489
- "Gender issues"?
And I was like...
764
00:38:04,907 --> 00:38:07,284
- Yep.
- They're trying.
765
00:38:07,368 --> 00:38:09,453
But there's some
other verbiage we could use
766
00:38:09,537 --> 00:38:11,122
other than, like, "issues."
767
00:38:11,205 --> 00:38:14,125
♪ ♪
768
00:38:20,923 --> 00:38:22,717
- Grab a seat.
769
00:38:24,635 --> 00:38:25,678
All right.
770
00:38:25,761 --> 00:38:28,764
So we have a lot of new Santas.
771
00:38:28,848 --> 00:38:30,766
[soft music]
772
00:38:30,850 --> 00:38:32,560
Chris, who is a Black Santa,
773
00:38:32,643 --> 00:38:35,396
he's from Little Rock,
Arkansas,
774
00:38:35,479 --> 00:38:38,315
and then Levi
775
00:38:38,399 --> 00:38:40,443
is transgender, male.
776
00:38:40,526 --> 00:38:43,154
So they're getting into this
777
00:38:43,237 --> 00:38:46,615
in a very different way
than most of us did.
778
00:38:46,699 --> 00:38:50,745
You know, there are things
we might have to think about.
779
00:38:50,828 --> 00:38:52,204
- We've got to get used to it,
780
00:38:52,288 --> 00:38:55,249
because as
the last census bureau said,
781
00:38:55,332 --> 00:38:57,209
we are a minority now.
782
00:38:57,293 --> 00:38:59,879
- So the biggest hurdle
783
00:38:59,962 --> 00:39:02,757
that's embedded
in everybody's mind
784
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:06,802
is that Santa is a elderly,
785
00:39:06,886 --> 00:39:08,637
older white male,
786
00:39:08,721 --> 00:39:10,181
and it's the toughest thing.
787
00:39:10,264 --> 00:39:12,349
When somebody sees
a Black Santa, they're like,
788
00:39:12,433 --> 00:39:16,270
"Mm, oh, jeez, that's not
what we were raised with."
789
00:39:16,353 --> 00:39:17,688
- To me,
it wouldn't be a shock,
790
00:39:17,772 --> 00:39:19,190
but it would be different
791
00:39:19,273 --> 00:39:23,736
because it'll be the first time
I've seen one.
792
00:39:23,819 --> 00:39:25,905
- Yeah, okay, let's move along,
793
00:39:25,988 --> 00:39:28,074
'cause we still got
a lot to do.
794
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:33,496
[indistinct chatter]
795
00:39:33,579 --> 00:39:34,955
I hope it works.
796
00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:37,500
- Yeah.
[laughter]
797
00:39:41,295 --> 00:39:44,215
[bell ringing]
798
00:39:44,298 --> 00:39:49,053
♪ ♪
799
00:39:49,136 --> 00:39:53,641
- As a school for Santas
and Mrs. Clauses and helpers,
800
00:39:53,724 --> 00:39:55,726
we try to cover
801
00:39:55,810 --> 00:39:57,645
the whole gamut
of being Santa.
802
00:39:57,728 --> 00:40:00,856
all: Dasher, Dancer,
803
00:40:00,940 --> 00:40:03,442
Prancer, Vixen...
804
00:40:03,526 --> 00:40:06,987
- You have to know the basics
of the Santa legend.
805
00:40:07,071 --> 00:40:08,739
all: Rudolph.
806
00:40:08,823 --> 00:40:11,158
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen,
Comet, Cupid...
807
00:40:11,242 --> 00:40:12,993
- But you develop
your own Santa.
808
00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:17,331
all: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer,
Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner.
809
00:40:17,414 --> 00:40:20,376
- We have people who have
810
00:40:20,459 --> 00:40:23,129
20, 30 years of experience.
811
00:40:23,212 --> 00:40:26,632
- Always
the first question is...
812
00:40:26,715 --> 00:40:28,843
"You're not the real Santa.
813
00:40:28,926 --> 00:40:31,053
I know you're not
the real Santa."
814
00:40:31,137 --> 00:40:34,098
What's your answer to it?
What's your answer to it?
815
00:40:34,181 --> 00:40:35,933
Anybody?
816
00:40:36,016 --> 00:40:38,727
- Yes. I am real.
- Excellent.
817
00:40:38,811 --> 00:40:41,522
It's exactly what I say--
"Of course I am. I'm Santa.
818
00:40:41,605 --> 00:40:44,358
Ow, ooh. Ow, that hurt.
I'm real. Look, pinch me."
819
00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:47,862
[excited chatter]
820
00:40:47,945 --> 00:40:49,947
- We've got a lot
of Mrs. Clauses now,
821
00:40:50,030 --> 00:40:52,032
and they're looking
to figure out
822
00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:55,536
how they can really become
part of the community.
823
00:40:55,619 --> 00:40:58,289
- Round ones on the front part.
824
00:40:58,372 --> 00:40:59,915
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
825
00:40:59,999 --> 00:41:02,501
[chatter continues]
826
00:41:02,585 --> 00:41:04,587
♪ ♪
827
00:41:04,670 --> 00:41:08,549
[object thuds,
cheers and applause]
828
00:41:08,632 --> 00:41:11,469
- We really try to make it
an interactive program.
829
00:41:11,552 --> 00:41:15,222
- Okay, so Santa loves
to laugh, right?
830
00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:18,934
So what do you do first is
you start with a little giggle.
831
00:41:19,018 --> 00:41:23,981
[laughing]
832
00:41:24,064 --> 00:41:26,567
No.
- Please join me.
833
00:41:26,650 --> 00:41:28,611
[laughter]
834
00:41:28,694 --> 00:41:32,114
- Can you say "ho, ho, ho"?
Come on, Fin.
835
00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:37,077
- Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
[applause]
836
00:41:37,161 --> 00:41:38,913
- Good job, Fin.
837
00:41:38,996 --> 00:41:41,540
- The most common thing
we hear after camp is,
838
00:41:41,624 --> 00:41:44,877
"I think my brain's
gonna explode."
839
00:42:12,696 --> 00:42:15,449
- Being the only person
of color here,
840
00:42:15,532 --> 00:42:19,161
it was definitely lonely
and awkward,
841
00:42:19,245 --> 00:42:20,788
to say the least.
842
00:42:20,871 --> 00:42:24,083
♪ ♪
843
00:42:24,166 --> 00:42:28,045
- Does Santa have
a diversity problem?
844
00:42:28,128 --> 00:42:29,505
- Boy, that is a good question.
845
00:42:29,588 --> 00:42:33,384
Why is he predominantly white?
846
00:42:34,718 --> 00:42:37,263
Um...
847
00:42:37,346 --> 00:42:39,515
Hmm.
848
00:42:39,598 --> 00:42:41,600
- I don't know
if it's a diversity problem
849
00:42:41,684 --> 00:42:45,145
or it's just people accept
that Santa is a certain way.
850
00:42:45,229 --> 00:42:48,023
- [sighs]
- It's probably historical.
851
00:42:48,107 --> 00:42:49,400
- Yeah.
852
00:42:49,483 --> 00:42:53,904
And, actually, the first Santa
was from Turkey.
853
00:42:53,988 --> 00:42:56,282
So he really wasn't white.
854
00:42:56,365 --> 00:42:58,576
He was...
855
00:42:58,659 --> 00:43:01,161
olive, would you say?
856
00:43:01,245 --> 00:43:03,163
- Santa's an icon.
857
00:43:03,247 --> 00:43:07,126
Coke was a big promoter
of what Santa looked like,
858
00:43:07,209 --> 00:43:09,128
to the point
where you have customers
859
00:43:09,211 --> 00:43:12,298
who come along and say,
"I want Santa."
860
00:43:12,381 --> 00:43:14,383
And they know exactly
what they want.
861
00:43:14,466 --> 00:43:16,719
They want the Coke Santa.
862
00:43:16,802 --> 00:43:18,679
- Over all the years
I've done this,
863
00:43:18,762 --> 00:43:21,140
I have never been asked
by a child,
864
00:43:21,223 --> 00:43:22,683
"How come you're white?
865
00:43:22,766 --> 00:43:24,727
How come Santa
isn't Black like me?"
866
00:43:24,810 --> 00:43:26,478
So kids don't see color.
867
00:43:26,562 --> 00:43:31,692
- Do you find that
the challenge of being a Santa,
868
00:43:31,775 --> 00:43:35,529
when most of us look like this,
is tough,
869
00:43:35,612 --> 00:43:38,615
or do you think it's gonna
become more and more accepted?
870
00:43:38,699 --> 00:43:42,202
- I don't think it'll be
as tough as most would think
871
00:43:42,286 --> 00:43:46,749
because there is a request,
a need out there.
872
00:43:46,832 --> 00:43:48,917
For us, the closest Santa
873
00:43:49,001 --> 00:43:51,420
would have been
New Orleans or Houston.
874
00:43:51,503 --> 00:43:52,963
- Yeah.
- Five to nine hours away.
875
00:43:53,047 --> 00:43:55,424
So I'm gonna be my own.
- [chuckles]
876
00:43:58,385 --> 00:44:02,598
- Are you looking to be
Santa elsewhere?
877
00:44:02,681 --> 00:44:04,141
- Yes.
- In other words--
878
00:44:04,224 --> 00:44:06,685
okay.
- Yes.
879
00:44:06,769 --> 00:44:09,730
It's--that's...
880
00:44:09,813 --> 00:44:10,898
yeah.
881
00:44:10,981 --> 00:44:13,275
So...yeah.
882
00:44:15,527 --> 00:44:17,571
I don't necessarily think
that other Santas
883
00:44:17,654 --> 00:44:19,865
were asked
those kind of questions.
884
00:44:21,617 --> 00:44:23,786
There are definitely
a few Santas
885
00:44:23,869 --> 00:44:25,788
that are uncomfortable
with a Santa of color
886
00:44:25,871 --> 00:44:28,165
or, in general,
with me being here.
887
00:44:29,708 --> 00:44:33,253
But it's not
a new experience to me
888
00:44:33,337 --> 00:44:35,881
because I've gone through it
all my life.
889
00:44:40,636 --> 00:44:43,764
- It's not a ball, teddy bear.
890
00:44:43,847 --> 00:44:46,100
[dog whimpering]
891
00:44:46,183 --> 00:44:48,352
Santa, of course,
is the limelight,
892
00:44:48,435 --> 00:44:51,939
but Mrs. Claus has been
coming up into that limelight
893
00:44:52,022 --> 00:44:53,190
quite a bit in the last,
894
00:44:53,273 --> 00:44:55,275
I don't know,
eight to ten years.
895
00:44:55,359 --> 00:44:58,028
- I needed an outlet
for the seriousness of nursing.
896
00:44:58,112 --> 00:45:00,614
And now we're here.
So you just never know.
897
00:45:00,697 --> 00:45:03,951
- I think that the Mrs. Santas
tend to be overlooked a lot.
898
00:45:04,034 --> 00:45:07,830
Sometimes you feel like,
"Ah, nobody cares."
899
00:45:07,913 --> 00:45:09,957
- Santa and Mrs. Claus
don't always get along.
900
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:12,459
No, because they're
two different people,
901
00:45:12,543 --> 00:45:16,296
sometimes with two different
opinions about things.
902
00:45:16,380 --> 00:45:18,507
Most of the time
they better, though.
903
00:45:18,590 --> 00:45:21,844
[indistinct chatter]
904
00:45:25,013 --> 00:45:28,559
- Any of you
who are Mrs. Clauses...
905
00:45:28,642 --> 00:45:30,144
it is a chore
906
00:45:30,227 --> 00:45:32,980
trying to make sure
they're all dressed
907
00:45:33,063 --> 00:45:35,858
and they look good
and they're presentable
908
00:45:35,941 --> 00:45:40,487
and they have their white
gloves and they're all clean.
909
00:45:40,571 --> 00:45:41,739
- That's interesting.
910
00:45:41,822 --> 00:45:43,240
After all these years,
911
00:45:43,323 --> 00:45:45,826
I wondered how my stuff
all got put together.
912
00:45:45,909 --> 00:45:47,244
[laughter]
913
00:45:47,327 --> 00:45:48,996
- Just a comment on that.
914
00:45:49,079 --> 00:45:53,500
It's good for the kids to see
that they're married,
915
00:45:53,584 --> 00:45:57,671
that they're married
like their parents are married,
916
00:45:57,754 --> 00:46:00,674
that it's not that
much different,
917
00:46:00,757 --> 00:46:04,178
except that he's Santa Claus
and that's Mrs. Claus.
918
00:46:04,261 --> 00:46:05,846
- [exhales deeply]
919
00:46:05,929 --> 00:46:09,766
- Santa is often considered
the lead performer,
920
00:46:09,850 --> 00:46:11,977
and Mrs. Claus
is the support character.
921
00:46:12,060 --> 00:46:15,647
How do each of you balance
your performances
922
00:46:15,731 --> 00:46:18,025
to share that spotlight?
923
00:46:18,108 --> 00:46:22,237
- I have heard Santas
ask for the pricing schedule,
924
00:46:22,321 --> 00:46:26,074
and it'd be $100
for me and Mrs. Claus.
925
00:46:26,158 --> 00:46:28,035
And they said, "Well, you know,
that's a little steep.
926
00:46:28,118 --> 00:46:30,412
How about if Mrs. Claus
doesn't come?"
927
00:46:30,496 --> 00:46:32,456
And he says,
"Then it'll be $150."
928
00:46:32,539 --> 00:46:36,793
[laughter and applause]
929
00:46:36,877 --> 00:46:39,379
- That's a good point.
930
00:46:39,463 --> 00:46:44,009
We have another idea to that.
931
00:47:00,984 --> 00:47:04,196
[crowd booing,
chattering angrily]
932
00:47:08,158 --> 00:47:09,326
- Let him have it!
933
00:47:09,409 --> 00:47:11,995
- Anybody know
how to spell "doghouse"?
934
00:47:12,079 --> 00:47:14,915
- Excuse me,
I'm looking for the real Santa.
935
00:47:14,998 --> 00:47:16,208
[laughter]
936
00:47:16,291 --> 00:47:17,834
- It's like when you go
to a show
937
00:47:17,918 --> 00:47:20,587
to see the Rolling Stones
and they have a warm-up act.
938
00:47:20,671 --> 00:47:25,592
[crowd chattering angrily]
[laughs]
939
00:47:25,676 --> 00:47:29,221
- Boo!
[dog barking]
940
00:47:29,304 --> 00:47:30,931
- No, that's not the way
we do it.
941
00:47:31,014 --> 00:47:32,975
- It's--it's--
- My turn.
942
00:47:33,058 --> 00:47:35,435
I don't even know
where to start with all this.
943
00:47:35,519 --> 00:47:37,062
But I will say that I think
944
00:47:37,145 --> 00:47:40,566
that your pricing structure
needs to be rethought.
945
00:47:40,649 --> 00:47:43,777
[laughter and applause]
946
00:47:45,696 --> 00:47:48,907
- [clears throat]
That was rough.
947
00:47:48,991 --> 00:47:49,866
- [sighs]
948
00:47:49,950 --> 00:47:51,577
Can I help you, Santa?
949
00:47:51,660 --> 00:47:52,786
Can you dress yourself?
950
00:47:52,869 --> 00:47:54,621
- Stop it!
- Are you gonna be okay?
951
00:47:54,705 --> 00:47:58,208
Do you need the fluff your fur?
'Cause--what the fuck?
952
00:47:58,292 --> 00:48:00,544
- Yeah, it was--
- No.
953
00:48:00,627 --> 00:48:02,504
During the Mr. and Mrs. Claus
panel, we, like,
954
00:48:02,588 --> 00:48:04,798
had to, like, nonverbally
check in with each other.
955
00:48:04,881 --> 00:48:06,466
- There was a lot
of hand squeezing.
956
00:48:06,550 --> 00:48:07,884
Like, "Let's hold
this together.
957
00:48:07,968 --> 00:48:09,344
Like, are you gonna
say something?"
958
00:48:09,428 --> 00:48:11,054
- Breathing.
- Yeah.
959
00:48:11,138 --> 00:48:12,973
- And, like, the consistent
narrative through that panel
960
00:48:13,056 --> 00:48:16,393
was, like, "Mrs. Claus'"
whole purpose
961
00:48:16,476 --> 00:48:19,146
is, like, keeping
her Santa together.
962
00:48:19,229 --> 00:48:20,731
- Yeah.
- Gross.
963
00:48:20,814 --> 00:48:23,567
Like, we're not there anymore,
I hope.
964
00:48:23,650 --> 00:48:25,986
- I wish we would have said
something when the guy said
965
00:48:26,069 --> 00:48:27,237
that it should be
966
00:48:27,321 --> 00:48:29,656
this traditional
"husband and wife" thing.
967
00:48:29,740 --> 00:48:32,451
- It didn't feel like a space
where I could be like,
968
00:48:32,534 --> 00:48:34,995
"I'm sorry. What the fuck?"
969
00:48:35,078 --> 00:48:36,330
That was my--
coming out of it, I really wish
970
00:48:36,413 --> 00:48:38,832
that I would have said
something
971
00:48:38,915 --> 00:48:40,542
or stood up in that moment.
972
00:48:42,044 --> 00:48:43,587
I think we're learning
what we can.
973
00:48:43,670 --> 00:48:45,589
And in the moments
where we just, like,
974
00:48:45,672 --> 00:48:47,466
are not getting any value
out of this,
975
00:48:47,549 --> 00:48:49,760
we're gonna go
and make our own fun.
976
00:48:51,845 --> 00:48:54,181
[dramatic music]
977
00:48:54,264 --> 00:48:55,974
[laughter]
978
00:48:56,058 --> 00:48:57,601
- We're stealing this.
979
00:48:57,684 --> 00:49:00,103
- This is officially
our golf cart now.
980
00:49:00,187 --> 00:49:03,065
[tires squealing,
engine whirring]
981
00:49:03,148 --> 00:49:06,943
- Don't tip.
- [screams, laughing]
982
00:49:07,027 --> 00:49:09,655
Uh-oh. We're off-roading now.
- Floor it!
983
00:49:09,738 --> 00:49:11,531
- Don't "transplain"
driving to me.
984
00:49:11,615 --> 00:49:13,533
- I'm sorry.
- [laughs]
985
00:49:13,617 --> 00:49:15,327
[horn honks]
986
00:49:15,410 --> 00:49:17,245
- Birdie's in the tree.
987
00:49:18,497 --> 00:49:21,333
- [imitates horn honking]
988
00:49:21,416 --> 00:49:24,753
[horn honks]
- Merry Christmas!
989
00:49:24,836 --> 00:49:26,880
- Santa Land.
- Santa Land.
990
00:49:26,963 --> 00:49:29,925
[tires squealing]
Oh. [giggles]
991
00:49:30,008 --> 00:49:32,219
[engine whirring, horn honks]
992
00:49:32,302 --> 00:49:33,971
[laughter]
993
00:49:34,054 --> 00:49:35,931
- Oh, no, that's the hawk.
994
00:49:36,014 --> 00:49:37,891
- Is that the red tail?
995
00:49:37,974 --> 00:49:40,227
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
996
00:49:40,310 --> 00:49:42,396
- [coughs]
997
00:49:42,479 --> 00:49:46,650
[imitates bird calling]
998
00:49:46,733 --> 00:49:48,318
[bird calling]
999
00:49:48,402 --> 00:49:51,363
[continues imitating
bird calling]
1000
00:49:51,446 --> 00:49:55,992
- I'm not what you would call
a conventional Mrs. Claus.
1001
00:49:56,076 --> 00:49:59,746
I guess you could say
I'm not a dress wearer.
1002
00:49:59,830 --> 00:50:02,582
In literature and pictures,
1003
00:50:02,666 --> 00:50:06,753
I don't think I've ever once
seen Santa
1004
00:50:06,837 --> 00:50:09,756
with a woman with pants on.
1005
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:12,426
- [clicking tongue]
1006
00:50:12,509 --> 00:50:15,303
[bird chirping]
1007
00:50:15,387 --> 00:50:17,806
[indistinct chatter]
- That looks awful.
1008
00:50:17,889 --> 00:50:19,766
- And she's got
a really cool belt.
1009
00:50:19,850 --> 00:50:22,269
I think that ties
it all together.
1010
00:50:22,352 --> 00:50:25,105
- What do I wear?
What does Mrs. Claus wear?
1011
00:50:25,188 --> 00:50:27,774
So I have, you know,
the little colonial bonnet.
1012
00:50:27,858 --> 00:50:30,485
Put a little holly in my hair.
1013
00:50:30,569 --> 00:50:32,696
- Oh, God.
- I know, right?
1014
00:50:32,779 --> 00:50:34,281
- Oh, my God.
1015
00:50:34,364 --> 00:50:36,616
- You can make any kind
of music you want.
1016
00:50:36,700 --> 00:50:40,620
Walmart, online, $18.
1017
00:50:41,663 --> 00:50:46,334
- My view is Mrs. Claus
is Santa's wife.
1018
00:50:46,418 --> 00:50:49,045
When he's not there,
she's in charge.
1019
00:50:49,129 --> 00:50:51,590
She takes care of him
like any good wife, you know?
1020
00:50:51,673 --> 00:50:55,886
- I'm sorry. I'm Dr. Claus.
Like, I am not the wife.
1021
00:50:57,596 --> 00:51:00,098
Like, I have my PhD. You're not
gonna call me Mrs. Claus.
1022
00:51:00,182 --> 00:51:02,017
I'm Dr. Claus.
1023
00:51:02,100 --> 00:51:04,311
My spouse is trans,
and I'm queer.
1024
00:51:04,394 --> 00:51:06,229
Like, actually,
when we come together,
1025
00:51:06,313 --> 00:51:09,149
I really want to not bring up
the fact that we're married
1026
00:51:09,232 --> 00:51:11,485
and instead really emphasize,
like, Santa's got a job,
1027
00:51:11,568 --> 00:51:13,612
and I've got a job,
and we work together
1028
00:51:13,695 --> 00:51:15,864
and really make
that space for folks.
1029
00:51:15,947 --> 00:51:19,534
♪ ♪
1030
00:51:19,618 --> 00:51:21,912
- Yay.
- Bravo.
1031
00:51:21,995 --> 00:51:25,999
[applause]
1032
00:51:26,082 --> 00:51:29,336
- I love--I don't know--doctor.
That's, like, the best.
1033
00:51:29,419 --> 00:51:31,254
That's so great.
1034
00:51:31,338 --> 00:51:34,174
Yeah, I like the idea
that it can be fluid.
1035
00:51:34,257 --> 00:51:37,552
And I like the idea
of being a goddess as well.
1036
00:51:37,636 --> 00:51:39,846
Hey, you know,
Mrs. Claus is real.
1037
00:51:39,930 --> 00:51:41,556
She's here.
She's a part of it.
1038
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:43,058
And we get to define her,
1039
00:51:43,141 --> 00:51:45,560
and that's a great freedom,
I think.
1040
00:51:45,644 --> 00:51:48,814
- Let me ask--how about pay?
- Oh, absolutely.
1041
00:51:48,897 --> 00:51:50,857
Mrs. Claus
should have equal billing,
1042
00:51:50,941 --> 00:51:53,485
because then it's not even
about negotiating,
1043
00:51:53,568 --> 00:51:56,112
it's just knowing to have--
1044
00:51:56,196 --> 00:51:57,447
It's courtesy and respect
1045
00:51:57,531 --> 00:52:00,200
in terms of,
now we can set the tone.
1046
00:52:00,283 --> 00:52:02,661
- One thing that I would like
to see changed is,
1047
00:52:02,744 --> 00:52:06,373
I want to see pant suits
thrown in there somewhere.
1048
00:52:06,456 --> 00:52:08,083
[laughter]
1049
00:52:08,166 --> 00:52:10,293
- I'm just learning so much
just by what everybody says.
1050
00:52:10,377 --> 00:52:14,089
It's like a potpourri of ideas
and information.
1051
00:52:14,172 --> 00:52:15,507
It's like, "Wow."
1052
00:52:15,590 --> 00:52:17,843
I'm glad I didn't miss
today's get-together.
1053
00:52:17,926 --> 00:52:20,637
[applause]
1054
00:52:20,720 --> 00:52:24,015
[magical music]
1055
00:52:24,099 --> 00:52:27,519
♪ ♪
1056
00:52:27,602 --> 00:52:31,064
all:
Ho, ho, ho! Ho, ho, ho!
1057
00:52:31,147 --> 00:52:35,151
Ho, ho, ho!
1058
00:52:35,235 --> 00:52:37,821
Nice job.
We're getting there.
1059
00:52:37,904 --> 00:52:40,574
[applause]
1060
00:52:40,657 --> 00:52:43,869
We have a little presentation
and some information
1061
00:52:43,952 --> 00:52:47,080
we want to share
before we have lunch.
1062
00:52:47,163 --> 00:52:49,791
If you're a student
of Dick Marshall's,
1063
00:52:49,875 --> 00:52:52,294
would you stand up, please?
1064
00:52:52,377 --> 00:52:55,380
[bagpipe music playing]
1065
00:52:55,463 --> 00:52:57,507
Not yet.
Not yet, Norm.
1066
00:52:57,591 --> 00:52:59,384
Not yet.
1067
00:53:02,929 --> 00:53:06,182
[voice breaking] Today
we're gonna recognize Dick.
1068
00:53:09,352 --> 00:53:11,938
Can we have
a moment of silence
1069
00:53:12,022 --> 00:53:14,482
for Dick Marshall, please?
1070
00:53:14,566 --> 00:53:17,611
["Amazing Grace" playing
on bagpipes]
1071
00:53:17,694 --> 00:53:24,784
♪ ♪
1072
00:53:37,756 --> 00:53:39,633
[applause]
1073
00:53:39,716 --> 00:53:42,844
[indistinct chatter]
1074
00:53:45,221 --> 00:53:47,265
- I just want you to think
about us
1075
00:53:47,349 --> 00:53:49,976
when you're doing your stuff
for this season.
1076
00:53:50,060 --> 00:53:53,229
And if there's something that
bubbles up and you're thinking,
1077
00:53:53,313 --> 00:53:55,690
"Wow, this might be a really
cool thing for those guys."
1078
00:53:55,774 --> 00:53:58,652
What do you want to do, Fin?
Why don't you tell us?
1079
00:53:58,735 --> 00:54:03,114
- I want to be a Santa
in December parade.
1080
00:54:03,198 --> 00:54:05,492
- That's not easy.
1081
00:54:05,575 --> 00:54:08,411
I mean, what happens is,
1082
00:54:08,495 --> 00:54:10,997
they get a Santa who's local,
1083
00:54:11,081 --> 00:54:15,001
and so he's there until he
takes his last sleigh ride.
1084
00:54:15,085 --> 00:54:16,336
- That's right.
1085
00:54:16,419 --> 00:54:18,296
No, it's very territorial.
- Yeah.
1086
00:54:18,380 --> 00:54:20,465
- There's a little bit
of competitiveness
1087
00:54:20,548 --> 00:54:22,592
around stuff, I've noticed.
1088
00:54:22,676 --> 00:54:24,010
- Well--[clears throat]
1089
00:54:24,094 --> 00:54:26,179
- I, literally, as his mom,
was telling him,
1090
00:54:26,262 --> 00:54:27,973
"No, this is not going
to happen.
1091
00:54:28,056 --> 00:54:29,683
You need to let go
of this dream."
1092
00:54:29,766 --> 00:54:32,227
And he's like, "No, I'm not
letting go of this dream."
1093
00:54:32,310 --> 00:54:34,104
- What about my sleigh?
1094
00:54:34,187 --> 00:54:36,022
- So you want to be
in your sleigh
1095
00:54:36,106 --> 00:54:37,399
when you're in the parade.
1096
00:54:37,482 --> 00:54:39,192
- Oh, there's an idea.
- Yes.
1097
00:54:39,275 --> 00:54:42,237
- Yeah.
- That's a big yes. Okay.
1098
00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:45,198
- It's a Portland Cutter.
1099
00:54:45,281 --> 00:54:49,035
It was built
in the early 1900s.
1100
00:54:49,119 --> 00:54:51,246
- You could say,
"Well, we have a sleigh.
1101
00:54:51,329 --> 00:54:52,747
We have a flatbed."
1102
00:54:52,831 --> 00:54:56,376
Kind of put together
almost, you know, packages
1103
00:54:56,459 --> 00:54:58,545
that you can offer to people.
- Oh, my God, okay.
1104
00:54:58,628 --> 00:54:59,963
- Ho, ho, ho.
1105
00:55:00,046 --> 00:55:02,298
- Would you wave?
Let me see your queen's wave.
1106
00:55:02,382 --> 00:55:04,384
- Big waves, both sides, Fin.
1107
00:55:04,467 --> 00:55:06,011
You need to work out
every day during this.
1108
00:55:06,094 --> 00:55:07,971
- All right, we're gonna
start working out
1109
00:55:08,054 --> 00:55:09,556
your arms there, Santa.
1110
00:55:09,639 --> 00:55:12,100
- Left side, right side.
1111
00:55:12,183 --> 00:55:14,978
Left side, right side.
1112
00:55:15,061 --> 00:55:17,897
- Great gigs can be hard
to get.
1113
00:55:17,981 --> 00:55:22,110
And if it doesn't happen,
it's gonna suck.
1114
00:55:22,193 --> 00:55:24,320
It's gonna really suck.
1115
00:55:30,952 --> 00:55:34,706
all: ♪ Here comes Santa Claus,
here comes Santa Claus ♪
1116
00:55:34,789 --> 00:55:37,125
♪ Right down Santa Claus Lane ♪
1117
00:55:37,208 --> 00:55:41,046
♪ Vixen and Blitzen
and all his reindeers ♪
1118
00:55:41,129 --> 00:55:44,924
♪ Pulling on the reins ♪
[laughter]
1119
00:55:45,008 --> 00:55:48,136
- So, Bob, you've got to tell
your Christmas Eve story.
1120
00:55:48,219 --> 00:55:49,679
[chuckles]
1121
00:55:49,763 --> 00:55:52,640
- People are coming in
and telling me what they want.
1122
00:55:52,724 --> 00:55:56,227
This one teenage girl comes up.
She sat on my lap.
1123
00:55:56,311 --> 00:55:59,064
[imitates flatulence]
And I went, "Oh, my God."
1124
00:55:59,147 --> 00:56:01,316
They must have had
a chili cook-off
1125
00:56:01,399 --> 00:56:03,151
the night before or something.
1126
00:56:03,234 --> 00:56:06,571
[laughter and applause]
1127
00:56:08,740 --> 00:56:12,368
- So who else has some stories
to share?
1128
00:56:23,338 --> 00:56:25,799
- So the story...
1129
00:56:25,882 --> 00:56:29,177
actually starts
a long time ago.
1130
00:56:29,260 --> 00:56:32,680
I wanted my daughter to grow up
with representation
1131
00:56:32,764 --> 00:56:35,141
of our family.
1132
00:56:35,225 --> 00:56:39,604
So what I decided to do
was to get
1133
00:56:39,687 --> 00:56:42,982
a Black Santa inflatable.
1134
00:56:43,066 --> 00:56:46,778
Last year
I get a letter in the mail.
1135
00:56:46,861 --> 00:56:49,697
And the letter...
1136
00:56:49,781 --> 00:56:52,075
is...
1137
00:56:52,158 --> 00:56:53,660
right here.
1138
00:56:53,743 --> 00:56:56,037
[dramatic music]
1139
00:56:56,121 --> 00:56:59,958
"Please remove your Negro
Santa Claus yard decoration.
1140
00:57:00,041 --> 00:57:02,001
"You should not try to deceive
children
1141
00:57:02,085 --> 00:57:05,672
"into believing
that I am a Negro.
1142
00:57:05,755 --> 00:57:07,715
"I am a Caucasian,
1143
00:57:07,799 --> 00:57:09,759
white man to you,
1144
00:57:09,843 --> 00:57:12,178
"and have been
for the past 600 years.
1145
00:57:12,262 --> 00:57:15,140
"Your being jealous of my race
1146
00:57:15,223 --> 00:57:19,644
"is no excuse
for your dishonesty.
1147
00:57:19,727 --> 00:57:23,273
"Besides that, you're making
yourself a laughingstock
1148
00:57:23,356 --> 00:57:25,150
"of the neighborhood.
1149
00:57:25,233 --> 00:57:28,069
"Maybe you should move...
1150
00:57:28,153 --> 00:57:32,532
"to a neighborhood with
the rest of your race's kind.
1151
00:57:32,615 --> 00:57:35,702
Yours truly, Santa Claus."
1152
00:57:35,785 --> 00:57:38,163
[indistinct chatter]
1153
00:57:38,246 --> 00:57:39,873
And...
1154
00:57:39,956 --> 00:57:41,416
it came with a picture--
1155
00:57:41,499 --> 00:57:45,795
Santa Claus with a thumbs-down.
1156
00:57:45,879 --> 00:57:47,505
- Oh, my God.
1157
00:57:47,589 --> 00:57:49,632
♪ ♪
1158
00:57:49,716 --> 00:57:53,636
- I brought this
to do this here.
1159
00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:58,266
- Yeah!
[applause]
1160
00:57:58,349 --> 00:58:05,231
♪ ♪
1161
00:58:05,315 --> 00:58:08,401
I'm gonna be the Santa
1162
00:58:08,484 --> 00:58:10,403
for kids that look like me
in my area.
1163
00:58:10,486 --> 00:58:13,573
And coming here
has given me the tools
1164
00:58:13,656 --> 00:58:15,783
to be able to do that
to the best of my abilities.
1165
00:58:15,867 --> 00:58:17,827
And I'm so happy
that I got to come
1166
00:58:17,911 --> 00:58:19,913
and spend this weekend
in New England.
1167
00:58:19,996 --> 00:58:23,124
- Welcome.
[applause]
1168
00:58:25,460 --> 00:58:27,587
- Who wants to follow
that story?
1169
00:58:27,670 --> 00:58:30,590
[laughter]
1170
00:58:30,673 --> 00:58:33,927
- All right, everybody up.
Let's go.
1171
00:58:36,012 --> 00:58:37,931
- I don't know the words.
1172
00:58:38,014 --> 00:58:39,807
- Let's all teach him.
1173
00:58:39,891 --> 00:58:41,976
- All right, ready?
- Ready?
1174
00:58:42,060 --> 00:58:43,228
- Who do we start with?
1175
00:58:43,311 --> 00:58:45,104
- Dasher.
- Okay.
1176
00:58:45,188 --> 00:58:48,733
all: ♪ Dasher, Dancer,
Prancer, Vixen ♪
1177
00:58:48,816 --> 00:58:52,612
♪ Comet, Cupid,
Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph ♪
1178
00:58:52,695 --> 00:58:54,197
♪ Dasher, Dancer,
Prancer, Vixen ♪
1179
00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:57,617
♪ Comet, Cupid,
Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph ♪
1180
00:58:57,700 --> 00:58:59,202
♪ Dasher, Dancer,
Prancer, Vixen ♪
1181
00:58:59,285 --> 00:59:01,496
♪ Comet, Cupid,
Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph ♪
1182
00:59:01,579 --> 00:59:03,456
- And you got
to shake the tail.
1183
00:59:03,539 --> 00:59:04,999
- Right, yeah.
- There you go.
1184
00:59:05,083 --> 00:59:09,212
[laughter,
cheers, and applause]
1185
00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:28,439
[light music]
1186
00:59:28,523 --> 00:59:32,318
♪ ♪
1187
00:59:32,402 --> 00:59:34,487
- Next year I'm planning
to come back
1188
00:59:34,570 --> 00:59:36,322
and bring my wife with me.
- Oh, neat.
1189
00:59:36,406 --> 00:59:39,659
- She might as well go to
Mrs. Claus school, too, so..,
1190
00:59:39,742 --> 00:59:41,536
- Yeah, my wife is there now.
- Okay.
1191
00:59:41,619 --> 00:59:45,957
[indistinct chatter, laughter]
1192
00:59:46,040 --> 00:59:49,544
- Levi, step forward, sir.
- Thank you.
1193
00:59:49,627 --> 00:59:51,421
- Thank you.
- Ho, ho, ho!
1194
00:59:51,504 --> 00:59:53,631
- Ho, ho, ho!
1195
00:59:53,715 --> 00:59:59,512
♪ ♪
1196
00:59:59,595 --> 01:00:02,807
- Here's my card.
- Thank you.
1197
01:00:02,890 --> 01:00:04,809
- I love that. Awesome.
1198
01:00:04,892 --> 01:00:06,227
Give me a high five.
1199
01:00:06,311 --> 01:00:08,187
This has been
a wonderful experience for me.
1200
01:00:08,271 --> 01:00:10,398
It has been.
Thank you. Bye-bye.
1201
01:00:10,481 --> 01:00:12,233
- Bye-bye.
Come on.
1202
01:00:12,317 --> 01:00:14,027
♪ ♪
1203
01:00:14,110 --> 01:00:16,904
- So I hope you're going away
with some good memories,
1204
01:00:16,988 --> 01:00:18,781
lots of information.
1205
01:00:18,865 --> 01:00:23,536
And make sure you grab
a snowball on your way out
1206
01:00:23,619 --> 01:00:27,373
and take that home
and put it up on your desk,
1207
01:00:27,457 --> 01:00:29,042
on your bedside,
1208
01:00:29,125 --> 01:00:31,002
or carry it with you
when you go out and do gigs
1209
01:00:31,085 --> 01:00:33,796
and remember that all together
1210
01:00:33,880 --> 01:00:37,633
we've really created
a special world here
1211
01:00:37,717 --> 01:00:41,721
and a special experience...
1212
01:00:41,804 --> 01:00:44,098
that hopefully
won't melt away.
1213
01:00:44,182 --> 01:00:51,272
♪ ♪
1214
01:00:57,695 --> 01:01:00,865
- We're fine.
- [laughing]
1215
01:01:15,797 --> 01:01:20,385
[cell phone ringing]
1216
01:01:20,468 --> 01:01:22,637
- Oh, my God.
1217
01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:25,556
[cell phone continues ringing]
1218
01:01:25,640 --> 01:01:27,100
This is Suki.
1219
01:01:27,183 --> 01:01:30,103
- Hey, Suki.
It's MK Monley calling.
1220
01:01:30,186 --> 01:01:31,979
- MK Monley? Hello.
1221
01:01:32,063 --> 01:01:34,440
- Yeah.
Hey, from the lantern parade.
1222
01:01:34,524 --> 01:01:36,901
- Yes. Yes. Hi.
1223
01:01:36,984 --> 01:01:40,530
- Yeah, so I just wanted
to let you know our team met,
1224
01:01:40,613 --> 01:01:43,449
and we would...
1225
01:01:43,533 --> 01:01:45,743
love to have Fin participate.
1226
01:01:45,827 --> 01:01:47,912
- [gasps] Oh, my God!
1227
01:01:47,995 --> 01:01:50,456
Oh, my God! I'm, like--
1228
01:01:50,540 --> 01:01:52,959
- Yeah, so we'll...
- Can I just tell Santa Fin?
1229
01:01:53,042 --> 01:01:56,421
- Need to figure out
logistics and...
1230
01:01:56,504 --> 01:01:57,964
- Indeed.
1231
01:01:58,047 --> 01:02:02,510
You guys, this is MK Monley
calling from Waterbury,
1232
01:02:02,593 --> 01:02:05,847
and you're gonna be
in her beautiful
1233
01:02:05,930 --> 01:02:08,307
Festival of Lights Parade
this year.
1234
01:02:08,391 --> 01:02:10,476
- Oh, my God!
- Whoo-hoo!
1235
01:02:10,560 --> 01:02:12,520
- Oh, my God, Fin Barre.
- That's so exciting.
1236
01:02:12,603 --> 01:02:14,147
- He is so excited.
1237
01:02:14,230 --> 01:02:16,149
I wish you could see him
right now.
1238
01:02:16,232 --> 01:02:17,650
He's jumping up and down.
1239
01:02:17,733 --> 01:02:19,360
Oh, oh, okay, no.
Be careful. Be careful.
1240
01:02:19,444 --> 01:02:20,987
- He's actually
jumping up and down.
1241
01:02:21,070 --> 01:02:23,656
- Well, MK, we'll be
in touch soon, okay?
1242
01:02:23,739 --> 01:02:25,825
- Okay, thanks.
- All right. Thank you.
1243
01:02:25,908 --> 01:02:28,453
From the bottom of my heart,
thank you.
1244
01:02:28,536 --> 01:02:31,581
- [chuckles] Bye-bye.
- Okay, bye-bye.
1245
01:02:31,664 --> 01:02:34,167
- Ho, ho, ho, ho.
1246
01:02:34,250 --> 01:02:36,335
- Yes!
- Oh, my God.
1247
01:02:36,419 --> 01:02:39,380
Oh, Fin Barre,
you're gonna be in a parade.
1248
01:02:39,464 --> 01:02:41,549
- Need a little Santa dance.
1249
01:02:41,632 --> 01:02:43,342
Yeah.
[giggles]
1250
01:02:43,426 --> 01:02:47,638
- I just didn't think they were
gonna make space for us.
1251
01:02:47,722 --> 01:02:50,016
[Suki sniffles, cries]
1252
01:02:50,099 --> 01:02:54,437
And I'm so grateful
that she decided to.
1253
01:02:54,520 --> 01:02:57,607
- So exciting!
1254
01:02:57,690 --> 01:03:03,946
♪ ♪
1255
01:03:04,030 --> 01:03:06,991
- He's got plain
black boots on.
1256
01:03:07,074 --> 01:03:09,202
- And then the boots are going
to be completely black?
1257
01:03:09,285 --> 01:03:10,495
- They'll be completely black,
1258
01:03:10,578 --> 01:03:12,663
but I will do
some little accents
1259
01:03:12,747 --> 01:03:14,874
to make him kind of have
a little shine.
1260
01:03:14,957 --> 01:03:16,667
- No, it's great.
1261
01:03:16,751 --> 01:03:18,669
There's nothing like this
for me to buy.
1262
01:03:18,753 --> 01:03:21,339
- That's right.
That is absolutely right.
1263
01:03:21,422 --> 01:03:22,965
- So, after what happened
last year,
1264
01:03:23,049 --> 01:03:26,928
I decided to go ahead
and switch from inflatables
1265
01:03:27,011 --> 01:03:30,056
to having
a real-life representation
1266
01:03:30,139 --> 01:03:32,642
of our family.
1267
01:03:32,725 --> 01:03:35,520
- We are definitely sending
a message here.
1268
01:03:35,603 --> 01:03:39,899
- This is gonna be bigger,
better, Blacker than last year.
1269
01:03:39,982 --> 01:03:41,234
- [laughs]
1270
01:03:41,317 --> 01:03:46,447
♪ ♪
1271
01:03:49,158 --> 01:03:50,409
[line beeps]
1272
01:03:50,493 --> 01:03:53,287
- To review saved messages,
press 3.
1273
01:03:53,371 --> 01:03:55,289
[button beeps]
1274
01:03:55,373 --> 01:03:56,582
- I am calling you
1275
01:03:56,666 --> 01:04:00,503
about your Trans Santa event
1276
01:04:00,586 --> 01:04:02,421
on Thursday.
1277
01:04:02,505 --> 01:04:03,923
That is disgusting.
1278
01:04:04,006 --> 01:04:06,926
It makes you look
like a pedophile.
1279
01:04:07,009 --> 01:04:10,304
Trans people
have mental issues,
1280
01:04:10,388 --> 01:04:13,933
and they should not be
around children.
1281
01:04:14,016 --> 01:04:17,687
You are disgusting
that you are doing this.
1282
01:04:17,770 --> 01:04:19,689
It's Marxist.
It's Communist.
1283
01:04:19,772 --> 01:04:21,816
It's a way
to bring down our society.
1284
01:04:21,899 --> 01:04:24,652
It's a way
to lure our children.
1285
01:04:24,735 --> 01:04:26,445
You are disgusting.
1286
01:04:26,529 --> 01:04:28,489
Just letting you know.
1287
01:04:28,573 --> 01:04:29,782
[line clicks]
1288
01:04:29,865 --> 01:04:32,076
- "Just letting you know."
1289
01:04:33,369 --> 01:04:37,873
There are currently
over 300 responses.
1290
01:04:37,957 --> 01:04:40,084
About three months ago,
1291
01:04:40,167 --> 01:04:41,669
we decided to host an event
1292
01:04:41,752 --> 01:04:44,880
with Youth Outlook and Illinois
Safe Space Alliance
1293
01:04:44,964 --> 01:04:45,923
for Trans Santa.
1294
01:04:46,007 --> 01:04:47,508
And this past week,
1295
01:04:47,592 --> 01:04:50,636
our church has been getting
emails and phone calls,
1296
01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:54,807
Facebook messages,
typical hate messages, right?
1297
01:04:54,890 --> 01:04:57,852
Here's one--"This church
is inviting Trans Santa Claus
1298
01:04:57,935 --> 01:05:00,646
"for children
to interact and learn with.
1299
01:05:00,730 --> 01:05:03,190
"You should be ashamed
that you bowed down
1300
01:05:03,274 --> 01:05:06,152
"to the woke, liberal minority
in society.
1301
01:05:06,235 --> 01:05:10,114
All comment and post
about this bull crap."
1302
01:05:11,824 --> 01:05:13,284
Yeah.
1303
01:05:13,367 --> 01:05:15,453
The Proud Boys did send a video
1304
01:05:15,536 --> 01:05:17,538
insinuating
that they might show up
1305
01:05:17,622 --> 01:05:18,873
because of Trans Santa.
1306
01:05:18,956 --> 01:05:21,417
- How does that make you feel?
- Afraid.
1307
01:05:21,500 --> 01:05:24,837
[indistinct shouting]
1308
01:05:24,920 --> 01:05:26,797
You know, we know now that
The Proud Boys
1309
01:05:26,881 --> 01:05:30,009
played a big role in
what happened on January 6th.
1310
01:05:30,092 --> 01:05:31,761
We don't know
if they have weapons
1311
01:05:31,844 --> 01:05:34,555
or what they're capable of
and what their desire is.
1312
01:05:34,639 --> 01:05:37,350
So, yeah, kind of scary.
1313
01:05:39,435 --> 01:05:42,396
[soft music]
1314
01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:47,109
♪ ♪
1315
01:05:47,193 --> 01:05:50,029
- So we're doing
an event tonight.
1316
01:05:50,112 --> 01:05:52,865
I'm pretty excited about it.
1317
01:05:52,948 --> 01:05:54,867
I want to reach kids
1318
01:05:54,950 --> 01:05:58,245
that might need to ask Santa
for something
1319
01:05:58,329 --> 01:06:02,792
that they couldn't ask
regular Santa for.
1320
01:06:02,875 --> 01:06:05,044
- I changed up my outfit.
1321
01:06:05,127 --> 01:06:06,545
Yeah.
1322
01:06:06,629 --> 01:06:09,173
Power suit needed to happen.
1323
01:06:09,256 --> 01:06:10,800
I'm not sure
this is a power suit,
1324
01:06:10,883 --> 01:06:12,468
except for the fact
that it's super empowering.
1325
01:06:12,551 --> 01:06:14,762
It's much more loungewear.
[clears throat]
1326
01:06:14,845 --> 01:06:17,390
Although it was marketed
to be worn to work,
1327
01:06:17,473 --> 01:06:18,933
which I think is hilarious.
1328
01:06:19,016 --> 01:06:21,102
I did add the faux fur myself,
1329
01:06:21,185 --> 01:06:24,021
just to help
Claus it up a little bit.
1330
01:06:25,314 --> 01:06:27,608
And then for fun,
1331
01:06:27,692 --> 01:06:30,528
we just assumed that the
Clauses need corrective eyewear
1332
01:06:30,611 --> 01:06:33,572
'cause it feels
a little bit classy.
1333
01:06:35,157 --> 01:06:38,369
There's been some positive
and negative reactions.
1334
01:06:39,537 --> 01:06:41,831
Some people have been really
affirming and sort of like,
1335
01:06:41,914 --> 01:06:44,542
"This should have been
in place years ago.
1336
01:06:44,625 --> 01:06:47,253
Thank you
for filling this need."
1337
01:06:47,336 --> 01:06:49,922
And other people
reacted in fear.
1338
01:06:50,005 --> 01:06:52,258
- [laughs] This one.
1339
01:06:52,341 --> 01:06:54,468
"The Devil
isn't even hiding anymore.
1340
01:06:54,552 --> 01:06:56,303
Disgusting."
1341
01:06:56,387 --> 01:06:57,638
Wow.
1342
01:06:57,722 --> 01:07:00,099
- I'm sorry. What?
Are you the Devil?
1343
01:07:00,182 --> 01:07:01,684
You do look very good in red.
1344
01:07:01,767 --> 01:07:06,147
- I do look good in red. I do.
- [laughing] Yeah.
1345
01:07:06,230 --> 01:07:08,107
- I'm more scared
for other people
1346
01:07:08,190 --> 01:07:10,901
than I am for myself,
if that makes sense.
1347
01:07:10,985 --> 01:07:12,027
Like...
1348
01:07:12,111 --> 01:07:13,988
- We really hope that people
1349
01:07:14,071 --> 01:07:17,032
still are able to come
and be jolly
1350
01:07:17,116 --> 01:07:21,078
and not have to worry about...
1351
01:07:21,162 --> 01:07:22,538
feeling unsafe.
1352
01:07:22,621 --> 01:07:24,290
- Yeah.
1353
01:07:24,373 --> 01:07:31,338
♪ ♪
1354
01:07:35,593 --> 01:07:37,344
- Because of the threats
that we received,
1355
01:07:37,428 --> 01:07:40,514
we felt like it was the safest
for everybody to move venues.
1356
01:07:40,598 --> 01:07:42,475
- We started looking
1357
01:07:42,558 --> 01:07:44,518
at hiring security
for the event.
1358
01:07:44,602 --> 01:07:47,313
And the only people who know
1359
01:07:47,396 --> 01:07:49,190
where this event
is happening tonight
1360
01:07:49,273 --> 01:07:51,066
are folks who registered
for the event.
1361
01:07:51,150 --> 01:07:53,986
- We were pissed.
You know, we were mad.
1362
01:07:54,069 --> 01:07:55,821
Like, we didn't want
to back down,
1363
01:07:55,905 --> 01:07:57,573
and we wanted to continue
to host.
1364
01:07:57,656 --> 01:08:00,159
We had such a great space,
but at the same time,
1365
01:08:00,242 --> 01:08:02,536
we're never gonna compromise
the safety of people.
1366
01:08:02,620 --> 01:08:03,996
But it was also
really frustrating.
1367
01:08:04,079 --> 01:08:06,207
And sometimes
it feels like they won.
1368
01:08:06,290 --> 01:08:07,958
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
1369
01:08:08,042 --> 01:08:11,003
- Do you want to sit with us
and have your photo taken?
1370
01:08:11,086 --> 01:08:13,088
- I'm Trans Santa. Smile.
1371
01:08:13,172 --> 01:08:15,716
- Everyone be jolly!
- Be jolly!
1372
01:08:15,800 --> 01:08:17,551
Bye!
- Merry Christmas.
1373
01:08:17,635 --> 01:08:19,762
- It was nice meeting you.
- Thank you for coming.
1374
01:08:19,845 --> 01:08:21,013
both: Bye.
1375
01:08:21,096 --> 01:08:22,473
- You need
to "ho, ho, ho" more.
1376
01:08:22,556 --> 01:08:23,599
- Ho, ho, ho.
1377
01:08:23,682 --> 01:08:25,601
both: Hi.
- What's your name?
1378
01:08:25,684 --> 01:08:26,811
- My name's Ally.
- Ally.
1379
01:08:26,894 --> 01:08:28,187
- Pronouns?
- They, them.
1380
01:08:28,270 --> 01:08:31,315
- They, them. All right.
I'm Trans Santa.
1381
01:08:31,398 --> 01:08:33,359
- I'm Dr. Claus.
It's nice to meet you.
1382
01:08:33,442 --> 01:08:34,944
- Hi.
It's nice to meet you, too.
1383
01:08:35,027 --> 01:08:36,570
- Do you want to tell us
what you want for Christmas?
1384
01:08:36,654 --> 01:08:38,197
Oh, we got to do photos.
- Oh, yeah. Photos, sorry.
1385
01:08:38,280 --> 01:08:39,865
- I just always want
to talk to people.
1386
01:08:39,949 --> 01:08:41,951
- Good, good.
- Okay. Okay.
1387
01:08:42,034 --> 01:08:44,745
- I want to be able to come out
fully to my parents
1388
01:08:44,829 --> 01:08:46,413
and get a binder,
1389
01:08:46,497 --> 01:08:49,834
'cause the last time I asked,
they weren't--
1390
01:08:49,917 --> 01:08:51,710
like, they
didn't really understand why.
1391
01:08:51,794 --> 01:08:53,587
And so I want to be able
to tell them,
1392
01:08:53,671 --> 01:08:55,214
this year, like, fully,
1393
01:08:55,297 --> 01:08:58,884
and I want to ask them
for Christmas, so...
1394
01:08:58,968 --> 01:09:01,595
- I know, like, when I got
my first binder...
1395
01:09:01,679 --> 01:09:02,805
- Yeah.
1396
01:09:02,888 --> 01:09:06,225
- I was like...so...
1397
01:09:06,308 --> 01:09:09,728
it changed me
because it, like, empowered me
1398
01:09:09,812 --> 01:09:12,731
to have the body of the person
that I wanted to be.
1399
01:09:12,815 --> 01:09:15,776
I hope to empower you in that
step as much as possible.
1400
01:09:15,860 --> 01:09:17,736
- It's very empowering
being in your presence.
1401
01:09:17,820 --> 01:09:20,281
- Yeah. Aw, thank you.
Merry Christmas.
1402
01:09:20,364 --> 01:09:23,075
- Binder, it's gonna happen.
I can feel it.
1403
01:09:23,158 --> 01:09:24,410
- Yeah.
- Yes.
1404
01:09:24,493 --> 01:09:26,829
Make it happen.
- [breathes deeply]
1405
01:09:26,912 --> 01:09:29,164
[car horns honking]
1406
01:09:29,248 --> 01:09:31,584
- What is happening right now?
1407
01:09:34,378 --> 01:09:35,880
- Hi, guys.
1408
01:09:35,963 --> 01:09:39,884
We came out tonight for
the Tranny Santa Claus meetup
1409
01:09:39,967 --> 01:09:43,304
'cause me and a few sisters,
we're like, "There's no way
1410
01:09:43,387 --> 01:09:44,889
"that we're gonna allow this
to happen
1411
01:09:44,972 --> 01:09:47,600
without coming
and speaking the truth."
1412
01:09:47,683 --> 01:09:50,519
The enemy is not hiding,
and neither can we.
1413
01:09:50,603 --> 01:09:53,480
So we have to be bold.
1414
01:09:53,564 --> 01:09:54,607
Oh.
1415
01:09:56,192 --> 01:09:58,694
Camera crew's here.
[window whirring open]
1416
01:09:58,777 --> 01:10:00,446
- Hey, how's it going?
- Hi, it's going.
1417
01:10:00,529 --> 01:10:01,864
How are you today?
1418
01:10:01,947 --> 01:10:04,450
- Wondering why you guys
turned up here tonight.
1419
01:10:04,533 --> 01:10:06,911
- We're Christians,
and so we came out tonight
1420
01:10:06,994 --> 01:10:09,955
to just try to stand up
for the children.
1421
01:10:10,039 --> 01:10:13,375
This is a ploy to steal, kill,
1422
01:10:13,459 --> 01:10:16,879
and destroy somebody's identity
1423
01:10:16,962 --> 01:10:18,797
at a pivotal point in history
right now
1424
01:10:18,881 --> 01:10:20,633
where our country
is going downhill,
1425
01:10:20,716 --> 01:10:22,760
when they're trying to roll in
Communism and things like that.
1426
01:10:22,843 --> 01:10:24,553
We see Marxism,
and we just see them
1427
01:10:24,637 --> 01:10:26,513
trying to disassemble
our values.
1428
01:10:26,597 --> 01:10:28,933
The Holy Spirit told me
that I should just come out
1429
01:10:29,016 --> 01:10:31,268
and, you know,
represent the kingdom.
1430
01:10:31,352 --> 01:10:33,646
- Thanks, guys.
- Thank you.
1431
01:10:35,397 --> 01:10:37,441
[laughs]
1432
01:10:39,401 --> 01:10:40,527
- Yeah.
1433
01:10:40,611 --> 01:10:42,613
Yeah, it really was.
- It was?
1434
01:10:42,696 --> 01:10:44,615
- Yeah.
- That was the Holy Ghost.
1435
01:10:44,698 --> 01:10:46,951
- It was.
- [screams]
1436
01:10:47,034 --> 01:10:50,162
We will stand up for the Lord
no matter what.
1437
01:10:50,246 --> 01:10:52,706
We do not care.
We are the news.
1438
01:10:52,790 --> 01:10:55,960
We are the revolution.
We are the children of God.
1439
01:10:56,043 --> 01:11:00,839
We are the remnant.
We are the patriots!
1440
01:11:05,427 --> 01:11:06,971
- You won't even let us watch
what's going on?
1441
01:11:07,054 --> 01:11:08,389
Is this a secret?
1442
01:11:08,472 --> 01:11:09,932
- We haven't threatened anyone,
attacked anyone.
1443
01:11:10,015 --> 01:11:11,684
We haven't done anything.
- We're not leaving.
1444
01:11:11,767 --> 01:11:12,893
- Yeah. We're not leaving.
1445
01:11:12,977 --> 01:11:14,561
- Are you the Proud Boys?
- Yeah.
1446
01:11:14,645 --> 01:11:16,480
Yeah, I'm a Proud Boy.
- See our shirts, right?
1447
01:11:16,563 --> 01:11:19,149
Can you read?
- Sure, here, take it.
1448
01:11:19,233 --> 01:11:21,902
That's what we're about.
1449
01:11:21,986 --> 01:11:25,864
- Proud Boys have never
killed anybody, ever, ever.
1450
01:11:25,948 --> 01:11:27,366
- This is at the heart
1451
01:11:27,449 --> 01:11:29,702
of the cultural problem
in America today.
1452
01:11:29,785 --> 01:11:32,287
You guys moved the location,
or there would have been more.
1453
01:11:32,371 --> 01:11:34,415
But there's gonna be
more here soon.
1454
01:11:34,498 --> 01:11:36,959
- We have a lot of people
that live in Naperville,
1455
01:11:37,042 --> 01:11:38,127
so good luck.
1456
01:11:41,130 --> 01:11:42,881
- It's okay.
1457
01:11:44,425 --> 01:11:46,969
[dramatic music]
1458
01:11:47,052 --> 01:11:50,139
♪ ♪
1459
01:11:50,222 --> 01:11:52,141
- Ho, ho, ho!
1460
01:11:52,224 --> 01:11:54,476
♪ ♪
1461
01:11:54,560 --> 01:11:58,897
- We are protesting
the indoctrination of children.
1462
01:11:58,981 --> 01:12:00,524
- We're elves.
- We're elves.
1463
01:12:00,607 --> 01:12:02,401
- Yeah, we're Proud Boy elves,
and we're protesting
1464
01:12:02,484 --> 01:12:05,821
the outsourcing
of our jobs and our boss's.
1465
01:12:05,904 --> 01:12:09,742
This church is infected
1466
01:12:09,825 --> 01:12:11,243
with evil.
1467
01:12:11,326 --> 01:12:13,704
- We don't even know
what a transgender Santa Claus
1468
01:12:13,787 --> 01:12:15,247
looks like.
1469
01:12:15,331 --> 01:12:19,043
You know, if you Google it,
this is what comes up--
1470
01:12:19,126 --> 01:12:21,086
a woman with a beard.
1471
01:12:21,170 --> 01:12:23,464
- They're destroying
Santa Claus.
1472
01:12:23,547 --> 01:12:27,384
- And, really, the Bible that
I read says that this is a sin.
1473
01:12:28,844 --> 01:12:30,095
- Okay.
1474
01:12:30,179 --> 01:12:32,598
[scoffs]
Santa's not in the Bible.
1475
01:12:32,681 --> 01:12:34,016
[chuckles]
1476
01:12:34,099 --> 01:12:35,809
- Merry Christmas!
- Merry Christmas!
1477
01:12:35,893 --> 01:12:38,353
- Hi. Welcome.
- Hi.
1478
01:12:38,437 --> 01:12:39,688
- Jolly.
- Say "jolly."
1479
01:12:39,772 --> 01:12:43,067
- You're propagating division.
1480
01:12:43,150 --> 01:12:45,652
Even worse,
you're propagating division
1481
01:12:45,736 --> 01:12:47,362
to children.
1482
01:12:47,446 --> 01:12:48,530
I think it's horrific.
1483
01:12:48,614 --> 01:12:51,617
- Say "cookies."
all: Cookies.
1484
01:12:51,700 --> 01:12:54,620
- That's what the Proud Boys
are--they're hate.
1485
01:12:54,703 --> 01:12:56,997
How did they find us?
Like, we kept this a secret.
1486
01:12:57,081 --> 01:12:58,457
So I don't know
how they got here.
1487
01:12:58,540 --> 01:12:59,792
And a little concerned.
1488
01:12:59,875 --> 01:13:02,961
- What do you call a fear
of Santa Claus?
1489
01:13:03,045 --> 01:13:04,588
Claus-trophobia.
1490
01:13:04,671 --> 01:13:06,423
- Oh!
- Yes, that's a good one.
1491
01:13:06,507 --> 01:13:08,967
- I don't like Claus-trophobia.
- We're gonna steal that one.
1492
01:13:09,051 --> 01:13:10,719
- Thank you guys
for coming out, yeah.
1493
01:13:10,803 --> 01:13:12,137
- Can I hug you or no?
- Yeah, for sure.
1494
01:13:12,221 --> 01:13:14,973
- Yeah.
both: Merry Christmas.
1495
01:13:15,057 --> 01:13:17,142
- All right. Merry Christmas.
1496
01:13:17,226 --> 01:13:18,352
- Merry Christmas.
1497
01:13:18,435 --> 01:13:20,896
- Take care.
- Yeah. Take care.
1498
01:13:20,979 --> 01:13:22,022
- Yes.
1499
01:13:23,398 --> 01:13:25,317
[water running]
1500
01:13:25,400 --> 01:13:28,821
[light music]
1501
01:13:28,904 --> 01:13:32,407
- The thing that camp
definitely helped me grow in
1502
01:13:32,491 --> 01:13:34,368
was my confidence level.
1503
01:13:34,451 --> 01:13:38,372
So I decided to bleach my beard
1504
01:13:38,455 --> 01:13:40,332
and truly become Santa Claus.
1505
01:13:40,415 --> 01:13:43,836
♪ ♪
1506
01:13:43,919 --> 01:13:47,464
Not too bad.
Not too bad at all.
1507
01:13:47,548 --> 01:13:51,510
♪ ♪
1508
01:13:51,593 --> 01:13:55,347
- Okay, I may need help, Chris.
- Okay.
1509
01:13:57,015 --> 01:14:00,978
Oh, yeah, that's my boy.
- [laughs] Yeah.
1510
01:14:01,061 --> 01:14:04,356
- What do you think
a certain person might think?
1511
01:14:04,439 --> 01:14:06,692
- They're gonna hate it.
- [laughs]
1512
01:14:06,775 --> 01:14:09,194
Honestly,
I wouldn't be surprised
1513
01:14:09,278 --> 01:14:11,363
if you didn't get
another letter.
1514
01:14:11,447 --> 01:14:12,948
[laughs]
1515
01:14:13,031 --> 01:14:16,869
I love it. They're gonna go,
"What the hell?"
1516
01:14:16,952 --> 01:14:22,082
- Eh, honestly, they already
despise my existence.
1517
01:14:23,625 --> 01:14:25,711
I'm on my property line.
1518
01:14:25,794 --> 01:14:29,047
♪ ♪
1519
01:14:29,131 --> 01:14:31,508
You don't like it, you move.
1520
01:14:31,592 --> 01:14:35,053
- [laughing]
1521
01:14:37,848 --> 01:14:39,391
- What you think?
1522
01:14:39,474 --> 01:14:42,227
- [laughs]
It's so cute. I love it.
1523
01:14:42,311 --> 01:14:43,854
[laughs]
1524
01:14:43,937 --> 01:14:47,316
- We're here, we're Black,
and we're proud of it.
1525
01:14:47,399 --> 01:14:49,610
- [laughs]
- And we ain't going nowhere.
1526
01:14:50,819 --> 01:14:54,323
[device whirring]
1527
01:14:58,410 --> 01:15:00,496
- I don't know where
the fourth...
1528
01:15:00,579 --> 01:15:01,955
- It was just right here.
- D-ring is.
1529
01:15:02,039 --> 01:15:04,082
- When we heard
what happened to Chris,
1530
01:15:04,166 --> 01:15:06,251
my first reaction
was that I was really mad.
1531
01:15:06,335 --> 01:15:09,254
And then my second reaction
was, "Where can I get one?"
1532
01:15:09,338 --> 01:15:12,257
- Take off.
Caroline, no, no, no, no.
1533
01:15:12,341 --> 01:15:14,927
I do like this one better.
- I do, too. It's bigger.
1534
01:15:15,010 --> 01:15:16,428
- Yeah.
- It's better.
1535
01:15:16,511 --> 01:15:17,763
- An update to a story
1536
01:15:17,846 --> 01:15:19,431
we shared
with you last holiday season.
1537
01:15:19,514 --> 01:15:21,141
- Neighbors are putting out
their own Black Santa
1538
01:15:21,225 --> 01:15:22,559
to show their support.
1539
01:15:22,643 --> 01:15:24,144
- They're calling them
solidarity Santas.
1540
01:15:24,228 --> 01:15:26,605
- Black Santas popping up
everywhere.
1541
01:15:26,688 --> 01:15:28,315
- We need another rope.
- No, look,
1542
01:15:28,398 --> 01:15:30,609
I've got one in back and one
in front on the same rope.
1543
01:15:30,692 --> 01:15:31,610
- On the same rope?
1544
01:15:31,693 --> 01:15:33,362
- Here we go.
- Go.
1545
01:15:33,445 --> 01:15:37,950
- So I showed her the copy
of the letter, and she said...
1546
01:15:38,033 --> 01:15:40,827
- Go get the biggest, Blackest
Santa you can find.
1547
01:15:40,911 --> 01:15:41,954
[laughs]
1548
01:15:42,037 --> 01:15:43,497
- I anticipate there'll be
1549
01:15:43,580 --> 01:15:45,290
a lot more going up
over the weekend.
1550
01:15:45,374 --> 01:15:47,376
And I think people will go
to work Monday morning
1551
01:15:47,459 --> 01:15:50,587
with most of this neighborhood
covered in Black Santas.
1552
01:15:50,671 --> 01:15:54,758
♪ ♪
1553
01:15:58,554 --> 01:16:01,640
[saw whirring]
1554
01:16:05,102 --> 01:16:07,229
- Got a cider doughnut?
1555
01:16:07,312 --> 01:16:08,647
Oh, these are still hot.
1556
01:16:08,730 --> 01:16:10,649
I'll put you on top
of the good-girl list.
1557
01:16:10,732 --> 01:16:11,817
- Thank you.
1558
01:16:11,900 --> 01:16:16,154
♪ ♪
1559
01:16:16,238 --> 01:16:20,826
To be a good Mrs. Claus,
you have to have this talent,
1560
01:16:20,909 --> 01:16:25,247
have you, to be able to look
a small child in the eye
1561
01:16:25,330 --> 01:16:26,999
and lie your pants off to 'em,
1562
01:16:27,082 --> 01:16:30,752
you know, take them to that
crazy world where reindeer fly
1563
01:16:30,836 --> 01:16:33,297
and Santa goes up
and down the chimney.
1564
01:16:33,380 --> 01:16:35,340
- [lows]
1565
01:16:35,424 --> 01:16:38,385
- When their eyes are sparkling
and their mouth is going...
1566
01:16:38,468 --> 01:16:40,846
[gasps] "Ooh,"
you know you've got 'em.
1567
01:16:40,929 --> 01:16:42,681
You know that Santa's
has got reindeer
1568
01:16:42,764 --> 01:16:44,016
up at the North Pole, right?
1569
01:16:44,099 --> 01:16:45,392
both: Yeah.
- Well, do you know
1570
01:16:45,475 --> 01:16:49,187
that he also has
a couple of unicorns?
1571
01:16:49,271 --> 01:16:51,398
- What?
- He's got three.
1572
01:16:51,481 --> 01:16:53,108
And do you know that unicorns--
1573
01:16:53,191 --> 01:16:56,194
they lose their baby horn
when they're about six,
1574
01:16:56,278 --> 01:16:58,864
and then they grow
their big adult horn.
1575
01:16:58,947 --> 01:17:00,574
Come look at this.
1576
01:17:00,657 --> 01:17:03,702
This is a real unicorn horn.
1577
01:17:03,785 --> 01:17:06,872
If you touch it and make
a wish, it may come true.
1578
01:17:08,332 --> 01:17:10,375
Do you have a wish?
1579
01:17:10,459 --> 01:17:12,544
- Mrs. Claus,
what would you say
1580
01:17:12,627 --> 01:17:14,713
to young girls
about speaking up?
1581
01:17:14,796 --> 01:17:16,006
- Absolutely.
1582
01:17:16,089 --> 01:17:19,092
You know how boys
speak up all the time?
1583
01:17:19,176 --> 01:17:22,596
They're very loud
and authoritative.
1584
01:17:22,679 --> 01:17:25,140
Well, young girls
need to speak up
1585
01:17:25,223 --> 01:17:26,808
and say what's on their mind.
1586
01:17:26,892 --> 01:17:29,478
So that's why I spoke up
to Santa and said,
1587
01:17:29,561 --> 01:17:31,688
"You know, I've been quiet
all these years
1588
01:17:31,772 --> 01:17:35,567
"and being the good little
wife, but now it's my turn.
1589
01:17:35,650 --> 01:17:39,112
See how you like
sitting at home."
1590
01:17:43,158 --> 01:17:46,119
[whistle blows, person shouts]
1591
01:17:46,203 --> 01:17:47,621
I've done my checklist.
1592
01:17:47,704 --> 01:17:48,955
- Okay.
- I got my hat.
1593
01:17:49,039 --> 01:17:50,374
I got my cane.
I got my candy cane.
1594
01:17:50,457 --> 01:17:52,334
I also checked
with the management
1595
01:17:52,417 --> 01:17:56,588
to make sure
that we have two Zambonis...
1596
01:17:56,671 --> 01:17:58,423
- Okay.
- One for you, one for me...
1597
01:17:58,507 --> 01:18:00,425
- All right.
- The same size.
1598
01:18:00,509 --> 01:18:03,595
As you know, Mrs. Claus,
with coming up in the world...
1599
01:18:03,679 --> 01:18:05,222
- Is she? Okay.
1600
01:18:05,305 --> 01:18:08,433
- You know, Mrs. Claus is not
the warm-up act for Santa.
1601
01:18:08,517 --> 01:18:11,561
You know?
- Yes, she is.
1602
01:18:11,645 --> 01:18:15,982
How about this?
We all deserve respect, period.
1603
01:18:16,066 --> 01:18:17,275
I'm done.
1604
01:18:19,528 --> 01:18:22,114
- Do we know where he went?
1605
01:18:22,197 --> 01:18:23,615
Where did he go?
1606
01:18:23,698 --> 01:18:26,451
- Respect.
We're here to have a good time.
1607
01:18:26,535 --> 01:18:28,286
- Yeah.
- Not to piss Santa off,
1608
01:18:28,370 --> 01:18:30,038
'cause Santa's pissed off.
1609
01:18:30,122 --> 01:18:32,541
And you don't want
Santa pissed off.
1610
01:18:32,624 --> 01:18:35,127
This shit of equal pay
or equal rights--
1611
01:18:35,210 --> 01:18:36,962
you earn your rights
in this world.
1612
01:18:37,045 --> 01:18:39,881
I don't care if you're male
or female--you earn them.
1613
01:18:39,965 --> 01:18:42,342
[elevator bell dings]
- Well...
1614
01:18:45,887 --> 01:18:48,515
[buzzer sounds]
1615
01:18:48,598 --> 01:18:52,310
[indistinct chatter]
1616
01:18:52,394 --> 01:18:53,687
- Santa and Mrs. Claus--
1617
01:18:53,770 --> 01:18:57,732
it's a complicated
relationship.
1618
01:18:57,816 --> 01:19:00,485
All Santas don't have
a Mrs. Claus.
1619
01:19:00,569 --> 01:19:02,112
So, when I work with them,
1620
01:19:02,195 --> 01:19:04,448
they don't really know
what to do with me.
1621
01:19:04,531 --> 01:19:05,574
Ooh.
1622
01:19:07,701 --> 01:19:11,371
Mrs. Claus is getting
a little fan base,
1623
01:19:11,455 --> 01:19:13,331
which is very exciting.
1624
01:19:13,415 --> 01:19:14,958
[cheering]
1625
01:19:15,041 --> 01:19:18,753
It's pretty clear, Mrs. Claus
is getting more respect.
1626
01:19:18,837 --> 01:19:21,006
We're getting more equal pay.
1627
01:19:21,089 --> 01:19:25,427
We're getting equal-size
chairs, equal Zambonis.
1628
01:19:25,510 --> 01:19:28,513
♪ ♪
1629
01:19:28,597 --> 01:19:31,683
- All right,
get me off the ice.
1630
01:19:31,766 --> 01:19:33,435
We're done. Move on.
1631
01:19:33,518 --> 01:19:38,565
♪ ♪
1632
01:19:38,648 --> 01:19:40,317
- We still have
a long way to go,
1633
01:19:40,400 --> 01:19:43,320
but we've come
a long way, baby.
1634
01:19:43,403 --> 01:19:46,323
[scattered cheers]
1635
01:19:46,406 --> 01:19:53,497
♪ ♪
1636
01:19:57,459 --> 01:20:00,587
[indistinct chatter]
1637
01:20:02,464 --> 01:20:05,383
- Does he have long johns on?
- Yes.
1638
01:20:05,467 --> 01:20:08,261
- We're gonna get you
all Santa-fied.
1639
01:20:08,345 --> 01:20:10,388
Look at that belly.
1640
01:20:10,472 --> 01:20:12,057
Can you give me a "ho, ho, ho"?
1641
01:20:12,140 --> 01:20:14,434
- Ho, ho, ho!
1642
01:20:16,853 --> 01:20:19,439
- Can you see okay
and everything?
1643
01:20:20,482 --> 01:20:22,567
Okay, dude.
1644
01:20:22,651 --> 01:20:25,237
All right.
You're welcome.
1645
01:20:25,320 --> 01:20:26,655
I love you, too, honey.
1646
01:20:26,738 --> 01:20:29,407
Come on. Come stand up.
1647
01:20:29,491 --> 01:20:32,160
- You know what?
I'm really thankful
1648
01:20:32,244 --> 01:20:36,081
that you are thankful
for me, okay?
1649
01:20:36,164 --> 01:20:38,083
- I think it's going to be
a lot of fun
1650
01:20:38,166 --> 01:20:39,501
walking down there.
1651
01:20:39,584 --> 01:20:41,545
It's going to be a lot, lot of,
lot of fun.
1652
01:20:41,628 --> 01:20:44,839
- Thank you for coming.
- Ready? One, two, three.
1653
01:20:45,924 --> 01:20:47,425
- Go. Go, go, go.
1654
01:20:47,509 --> 01:20:54,391
♪ ♪
1655
01:20:54,474 --> 01:20:57,602
How are you reindeer doing?
1656
01:20:57,686 --> 01:21:00,480
- Okay, Fin, we're going
around the corner now,
1657
01:21:00,564 --> 01:21:02,941
so you got to steer us
the right way.
1658
01:21:03,024 --> 01:21:05,277
- Here we go, Santa!
1659
01:21:07,445 --> 01:21:09,072
- Yes!
1660
01:21:09,155 --> 01:21:12,117
[cheers and applause]
1661
01:21:12,200 --> 01:21:17,497
♪ ♪
1662
01:21:17,581 --> 01:21:19,332
- Ho, ho, ho!
1663
01:21:19,416 --> 01:21:22,210
[cheers and applause]
1664
01:21:22,294 --> 01:21:26,256
[all chanting]
Santa! Santa! Santa!
1665
01:21:26,339 --> 01:21:27,716
Santa! Santa!
1666
01:21:27,799 --> 01:21:30,468
- It's so beautiful.
Oh, my God, I'm gonna cry.
1667
01:21:30,552 --> 01:21:32,470
It's, like, super emotional.
1668
01:21:32,554 --> 01:21:34,222
I'm just so happy.
1669
01:21:34,306 --> 01:21:36,975
[cheering]
1670
01:21:37,058 --> 01:21:38,810
Just all these people
out to see him,
1671
01:21:38,893 --> 01:21:42,063
and I just didn't know
it was possible.
1672
01:21:42,147 --> 01:21:46,401
[all cheering]
1673
01:21:46,484 --> 01:21:50,655
♪ ♪
1674
01:21:50,739 --> 01:21:53,658
[all cheering]
1675
01:21:53,742 --> 01:22:00,540
♪ ♪
1676
01:22:00,624 --> 01:22:03,335
- Looking good, Santa.
1677
01:22:03,418 --> 01:22:05,920
- There were doctors who said
he'd never talk or do anything,
1678
01:22:06,004 --> 01:22:07,255
just be a vegetable.
1679
01:22:07,339 --> 01:22:09,257
But I think
he's doing pretty good.
1680
01:22:09,341 --> 01:22:11,509
He's up in the sleigh!
- He's flying!
1681
01:22:11,593 --> 01:22:14,679
- He's flying
in his magical sleigh!
1682
01:22:14,763 --> 01:22:16,723
- Santa!
- Look at him. Look at him.
1683
01:22:16,806 --> 01:22:20,977
Look how happy he is.
Look how happy he is.
1684
01:22:21,061 --> 01:22:23,647
Oh, my God.
1685
01:22:23,730 --> 01:22:25,273
[chuckles]
1686
01:22:25,357 --> 01:22:27,359
- Whoo-hoo!
[all chanting] Santa! Santa!
1687
01:22:27,442 --> 01:22:29,444
Santa! Santa! Santa!
1688
01:22:29,527 --> 01:22:33,239
- Santa Fin, we love you!
- Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
1689
01:22:33,323 --> 01:22:37,410
[all chanting]
Santa! Santa! Santa! Santa!
1690
01:22:37,494 --> 01:22:40,747
♪ ♪
1691
01:22:40,830 --> 01:22:42,957
- I'll put it back here.
1692
01:22:45,418 --> 01:22:47,879
Here we go.
1693
01:22:47,962 --> 01:22:49,547
- Baby.
1694
01:22:49,631 --> 01:22:53,802
- It does not smell good.
- [laughs]
1695
01:22:53,885 --> 01:22:57,013
- It smells just like a perm.
1696
01:22:57,097 --> 01:23:01,893
♪ ♪
1697
01:23:01,976 --> 01:23:05,271
- After camp, Chris definitely
stepped up his game.
1698
01:23:05,355 --> 01:23:07,899
You could see the joy
and the excitement.
1699
01:23:07,982 --> 01:23:12,195
The little kid inside of him
was having a field day.
1700
01:23:13,988 --> 01:23:18,201
- In a few hours,
it's my first huge Santa gig.
1701
01:23:18,284 --> 01:23:19,994
Putting in a little bit
of conditioner
1702
01:23:20,078 --> 01:23:22,747
to get this primetime ready.
1703
01:23:22,831 --> 01:23:24,165
[bottle spritzing]
1704
01:23:24,249 --> 01:23:27,085
- And it was just comical
'cause it's watching
1705
01:23:27,168 --> 01:23:30,672
your 30-something-year-old
husband now desire
1706
01:23:30,755 --> 01:23:34,509
to look like an older man.
1707
01:23:34,592 --> 01:23:36,469
[giggles]
1708
01:23:36,553 --> 01:23:39,806
- My daughter is super proud
of me for becoming Santa.
1709
01:23:39,889 --> 01:23:43,059
She tells all her friends.
1710
01:23:43,143 --> 01:23:46,479
She tells anybody,
"My daddy's Santa."
1711
01:23:46,563 --> 01:23:49,274
- Daddy.
1712
01:23:49,357 --> 01:23:52,152
This is my daddy.
1713
01:23:52,235 --> 01:23:55,780
- It can't help but make
you feel just huge.
1714
01:23:57,365 --> 01:24:00,660
- Ah.
Daddy fell under the tree.
1715
01:24:00,744 --> 01:24:07,834
♪ ♪
1716
01:24:15,717 --> 01:24:19,345
- I'm proud of the man
that he has become.
1717
01:24:19,429 --> 01:24:22,056
His father, my mother,
his grandfather,
1718
01:24:22,140 --> 01:24:23,850
all the people
that have gone on,
1719
01:24:23,933 --> 01:24:26,060
they would be
real proud of him.
1720
01:24:26,144 --> 01:24:27,729
- Is it?
- Which is--
1721
01:24:27,812 --> 01:24:29,189
[laughter]
1722
01:24:29,272 --> 01:24:31,524
- That's why you're Super Santa
with the cape.
1723
01:24:31,608 --> 01:24:33,735
- All right, get ready.
Kids are coming.
1724
01:24:33,818 --> 01:24:35,695
- Your first customers.
1725
01:24:37,280 --> 01:24:39,532
- Hey!
- No. No, no, no!
1726
01:24:39,616 --> 01:24:43,495
- No, it's okay.
[laughter]
1727
01:24:43,578 --> 01:24:46,039
- Oh, come on, Lennox.
1728
01:24:46,122 --> 01:24:48,792
This will be a souvenir
for Grandma.
1729
01:24:48,875 --> 01:24:51,503
- Got to warm up. It's fine.
1730
01:24:51,586 --> 01:24:54,839
♪ ♪
1731
01:24:54,923 --> 01:24:58,134
I have no idea
how this is gonna turn out.
1732
01:24:58,218 --> 01:25:02,305
But I know
that I have to do it.
1733
01:25:02,931 --> 01:25:05,350
- People were...
1734
01:25:05,433 --> 01:25:07,477
not necessarily enthusiastic
about him coming,
1735
01:25:07,560 --> 01:25:09,854
I guess,
is the best way to put it.
1736
01:25:09,938 --> 01:25:12,190
People were, like,
genuinely confused, like,
1737
01:25:12,273 --> 01:25:14,526
"Why would you have
a Black Santa?
1738
01:25:14,609 --> 01:25:17,529
Why would you--
he's supposed to be white."
1739
01:25:19,989 --> 01:25:22,200
I can assume that probably
some people didn't show up
1740
01:25:22,283 --> 01:25:24,702
because there was
a Black Santa.
1741
01:25:24,786 --> 01:25:26,746
And...
1742
01:25:26,830 --> 01:25:30,208
it's a little unfair,
but it is how it is.
1743
01:25:30,291 --> 01:25:33,503
- Maybe I don't look like
every other Santa,
1744
01:25:33,586 --> 01:25:35,380
but I don't want to.
1745
01:25:35,463 --> 01:25:38,174
[indistinct chatter]
1746
01:25:38,258 --> 01:25:41,344
♪ ♪
1747
01:25:41,427 --> 01:25:44,222
- We came out today
to meet Black Santa.
1748
01:25:44,305 --> 01:25:46,182
- How are you doing?
1749
01:25:46,266 --> 01:25:48,184
Aw, thank you.
1750
01:25:48,268 --> 01:25:51,229
- He may not understand it
right now, but one day he will.
1751
01:25:51,312 --> 01:25:54,023
So I want him
to experience that.
1752
01:25:57,068 --> 01:25:59,696
- I just think it'll be
a good memory for her,
1753
01:25:59,779 --> 01:26:02,991
see that her mom,
like, really took the time out
1754
01:26:03,074 --> 01:26:05,910
to find a Black Santa.
1755
01:26:05,994 --> 01:26:07,412
- Aw!
1756
01:26:07,495 --> 01:26:09,205
So precious.
1757
01:26:09,289 --> 01:26:12,166
- She loves
taking pictures, too.
1758
01:26:12,250 --> 01:26:13,334
- Hey.
1759
01:26:14,794 --> 01:26:17,171
[baby fusses]
- Hey, look at Grandma.
1760
01:26:17,255 --> 01:26:20,925
[cheers and applause]
1761
01:26:21,009 --> 01:26:23,094
- I've...
both: Never seen a Black Santa.
1762
01:26:23,177 --> 01:26:24,971
- Well, I'm here.
- Hey.
1763
01:26:25,054 --> 01:26:27,056
I just know
I'm not on that naughty list,
1764
01:26:27,140 --> 01:26:29,684
so that's all that matters.
- Hi, Santa!
1765
01:26:29,767 --> 01:26:30,810
- Hey.
1766
01:26:32,812 --> 01:26:36,232
- Well, I mean, I hadn't either
until I became Santa.
1767
01:26:36,316 --> 01:26:39,193
- All right, ho, ho to you.
- Bro, ho, ho.
1768
01:26:39,277 --> 01:26:40,486
- Bro, ho, ho.
- Yes.
1769
01:26:40,570 --> 01:26:42,363
- All right!
- Bro, ho, ho.
1770
01:26:42,447 --> 01:26:45,950
[fireworks exploding]
1771
01:26:46,034 --> 01:26:50,079
- When I was little,
Santa was white.
1772
01:26:50,163 --> 01:26:53,249
It was whatever someone else
decided Santa to be.
1773
01:26:53,333 --> 01:26:56,461
I heard that there was
gonna be a Black Santa.
1774
01:26:56,544 --> 01:27:00,214
[laughs] I decided, "We got to
come here and see Black Santa."
1775
01:27:00,298 --> 01:27:01,841
- Hey.
- Oh. Hey.
1776
01:27:01,925 --> 01:27:04,469
It's important
that my grandson sees
1777
01:27:04,552 --> 01:27:07,555
that Santa can be someone
that's African American.
1778
01:27:09,766 --> 01:27:10,892
- There were families
that traveled
1779
01:27:10,975 --> 01:27:13,770
over 300 miles to be here.
1780
01:27:13,853 --> 01:27:15,271
That was very rewarding.
1781
01:27:15,355 --> 01:27:16,856
- Thank you so much.
1782
01:27:16,940 --> 01:27:19,108
[cheers and applause]
1783
01:27:19,192 --> 01:27:23,821
But it definitely also gave me
a bit of a sense of sadness
1784
01:27:23,905 --> 01:27:27,075
that there are not
Black Santas closer to them.
1785
01:27:27,158 --> 01:27:34,248
♪ ♪
1786
01:27:38,544 --> 01:27:41,005
- Tonight I'll be doing what's
called a "sneak and peek."
1787
01:27:41,089 --> 01:27:43,299
It's a Christmas Eve visit.
1788
01:27:43,383 --> 01:27:46,886
And Santa
sneaks into the house,
1789
01:27:46,970 --> 01:27:48,972
the parents wake
the children up,
1790
01:27:49,055 --> 01:27:52,308
and they get to come down
and watch Santa
1791
01:27:52,392 --> 01:27:55,478
as he delivers the presents.
1792
01:27:55,561 --> 01:27:57,939
[car alarm chirps]
1793
01:27:58,022 --> 01:28:03,569
♪ ♪
1794
01:28:03,653 --> 01:28:07,699
When I have a visit
with a child...
1795
01:28:07,782 --> 01:28:10,910
I want them to continue
to believe in Santa.
1796
01:28:12,537 --> 01:28:15,748
[door creaking]
1797
01:28:15,832 --> 01:28:20,670
[bells jingling]
1798
01:28:20,753 --> 01:28:25,758
♪ ♪
1799
01:28:25,842 --> 01:28:29,220
[chuckles]
1800
01:28:29,303 --> 01:28:31,681
- I hear bells.
1801
01:28:31,764 --> 01:28:33,725
- Who else can hear a bell?
1802
01:28:33,808 --> 01:28:37,687
[indistinct chatter]
1803
01:28:37,770 --> 01:28:43,651
♪ ♪
1804
01:28:43,735 --> 01:28:45,361
- Santa.
1805
01:28:45,445 --> 01:28:50,783
♪ ♪
1806
01:28:50,867 --> 01:28:53,536
- This is gonna be
your new home.
1807
01:28:53,619 --> 01:28:57,248
It's not as cold here
as the North Pole, but...
1808
01:28:57,331 --> 01:28:59,083
Mmm.
1809
01:28:59,167 --> 01:29:02,378
Chocolate chip, my favorite.
1810
01:29:02,462 --> 01:29:05,548
[kids giggling]
1811
01:29:07,133 --> 01:29:11,262
I think there's
a creature stirring.
1812
01:29:11,345 --> 01:29:17,018
♪ ♪
1813
01:29:17,101 --> 01:29:20,772
- I think Santas,
when they pass away...
1814
01:29:22,440 --> 01:29:25,401
They're--they're still here...
1815
01:29:25,485 --> 01:29:28,112
- Three, two, one, cheese.
1816
01:29:28,196 --> 01:29:31,282
- Because the memories
that families have of them...
1817
01:29:31,365 --> 01:29:34,077
- Say "cookies."
all: Cookies.
1818
01:29:34,160 --> 01:29:36,829
- Children have of them,
1819
01:29:36,913 --> 01:29:38,623
their friends have of them
1820
01:29:38,706 --> 01:29:41,459
are still there, and they
continue to grow every year.
1821
01:29:41,542 --> 01:29:44,128
[all chanting]
Santa! Santa! Santa!
1822
01:29:44,212 --> 01:29:47,423
- I'm so proud of what the new
Clauses have accomplished.
1823
01:29:47,507 --> 01:29:49,050
- Ho, ho, ho, ho!
1824
01:29:49,133 --> 01:29:51,677
- There's still a lot of work
to be done
1825
01:29:51,761 --> 01:29:55,932
and in opening the door
for more diversity.
1826
01:29:56,015 --> 01:29:59,811
But this year I think we made
a lot of progress.
1827
01:30:03,272 --> 01:30:05,942
- What do you see over there?
- Santa!
1828
01:30:06,025 --> 01:30:07,777
- Oh, my gosh.
Is he really brown?
1829
01:30:07,860 --> 01:30:10,905
- Yeah.
- [giggling]
1830
01:30:10,988 --> 01:30:14,659
- If whoever wrote that letter
truly has a problem
1831
01:30:14,742 --> 01:30:16,953
with Black Santas,
1832
01:30:17,036 --> 01:30:19,539
they're really gonna
hate this.
1833
01:30:19,622 --> 01:30:23,000
- ♪ It was all a dream, I used
to read "Word Up!" magazine ♪
1834
01:30:23,084 --> 01:30:25,753
♪ Salt-N-Pepa and Heavy D
up in the limousine ♪
1835
01:30:25,837 --> 01:30:27,213
♪ Hangin' pictures
on my wall ♪
1836
01:30:27,296 --> 01:30:29,006
♪ Every Saturday Rap Attack ♪
1837
01:30:29,090 --> 01:30:30,716
♪ Mr. Magic, Marley Marl ♪
1838
01:30:30,800 --> 01:30:33,261
♪ I let my tape rock
till my tape popped ♪
1839
01:30:33,344 --> 01:30:35,680
♪ ♪
1840
01:30:35,763 --> 01:30:38,307
♪ Way back, when I had the red
and black lumberjack ♪
1841
01:30:38,391 --> 01:30:39,892
♪ With the hat to match ♪
1842
01:30:39,976 --> 01:30:42,353
♪ Remember Rappin' Duke?
Duh-ha, duh-ha ♪
1843
01:30:42,436 --> 01:30:43,855
♪ You never thought
that hip-hop ♪
1844
01:30:43,938 --> 01:30:45,690
♪ Would take it this far ♪
1845
01:30:45,773 --> 01:30:47,859
♪ Now I'm in the limelight
'cause I rhyme tight ♪
1846
01:30:47,942 --> 01:30:50,319
♪ Time to get paid,
blow up like the World Trade ♪
1847
01:30:50,403 --> 01:30:52,738
♪ Born sinner,
the opposite of a winner ♪
1848
01:30:52,822 --> 01:30:55,032
♪ Remember when I used
to eat sardines for dinner ♪
1849
01:30:55,116 --> 01:30:57,493
♪ Peace to Ron G, Brucie B,
Kid Capri ♪
1850
01:30:57,577 --> 01:31:00,037
♪ Funkmaster Flex,
Lovebug Starski ♪
1851
01:31:00,121 --> 01:31:02,081
♪ I'm blowin' up
like you thought I would ♪
1852
01:31:02,165 --> 01:31:05,418
♪ Call the crib, same number,
same hood, it's all good ♪
1853
01:31:05,501 --> 01:31:07,128
- ♪ It's all good ♪
1854
01:31:07,211 --> 01:31:09,422
- ♪ And if you don't know,
now you know ♪
1855
01:31:09,505 --> 01:31:10,882
♪ You know, you know ♪
1856
01:31:10,965 --> 01:31:13,259
- ♪ You know very well ♪
1857
01:31:13,342 --> 01:31:14,927
♪ Who you are ♪
1858
01:31:15,011 --> 01:31:18,472
♪ Don't let 'em
hold you down ♪
1859
01:31:18,556 --> 01:31:20,850
♪ Reach for the stars ♪
1860
01:31:20,933 --> 01:31:22,727
♪ You had a goal ♪
1861
01:31:22,810 --> 01:31:24,937
♪ But not that many ♪
1862
01:31:25,021 --> 01:31:27,315
♪ 'Cause you're the only one ♪
1863
01:31:27,398 --> 01:31:29,108
- ♪ And if you don't know,
now you know ♪
1864
01:31:29,192 --> 01:31:30,860
- ♪ I'll give you good
and plenty ♪
1865
01:31:30,943 --> 01:31:32,862
- ♪ Representin' B-Town,
in the house ♪
1866
01:31:32,945 --> 01:31:34,947
♪ Junior Mafia, mad flavor ♪
1867
01:31:35,031 --> 01:31:37,450
♪ Unh ♪
1868
01:31:37,533 --> 01:31:38,910
♪ Unh ♪
1869
01:31:38,993 --> 01:31:41,704
♪ Yeah, a'ight ♪
1870
01:31:41,787 --> 01:31:46,918
♪ ♪