In December 2018 I bought a Santa Outfit and played Santa for my Grandchildren. My granddaughter Carly sarcastically and correctly stated “Santa doesn’t have a short beard” and so from that day until xmas 2019 I grew my beard out. Without a Santa outfit I looked like a unshaven bum and took a lot of abuse but I was determined to be the best Santa the next year. One of the agreements in Juan Carlos Ruiz’s best selling novel’The four agreements’ is always do you best. I live by that and in December of 2019 I had a long beard and many people wanted me to play Santa for their events and a agency even signed me up. Here is a video from 2018 with me giving my Be Fantastic speech. https://youtu.be/wJgwOfkeMAg. Of my 99 professions I have worked in being Santa was the most rewarding, not financially but emotionally. Children looked at me with such love, awe and excitement I recommend everyone play Santa at least once.
When my accountant saw my Santa picture he immediately suggested I write another book and call it “How to ge a good Santa”. My first book is called “Lester’s Legacy” and is based on my life. Well he used that four letter word I don’t like (good) and I am now writing the book entitled “How to be a Fantastic Santa Claus” but Santa Claus is x’d out and Person is put over it. How to be a Fantastic person is the book.
There are four Commitments to being a Fantastic person.
- Be kind to yourself, you come first, love who you are, accept yourself and don’t beat yourself up with any negativity.
- Be kind to others. Open doors for strangers, let people into traffic, don’t argue or fight, say please and thank you, help others.
- Be kind to our environment. Don’t litter or pollute, use less plastic and try to protect our planet.
- Replace the useless, overused, boring non energy word good with the kind, energetic and passionate word Fantastic. You will feel better, look better, live longer, be more successful in business and in relationships and help make the world a kinder more civil place.
Santa is in all of us and represents kindness. Saying the word Fantastic is literally an act of kindness.
What you want to be, you can be, be Fantastic.
Dr. Fantastic
