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Northwest is short Santas
To The Editor:
The Dec. 3 Associated Press report, "Santa laws," was a wonderful story on professional Santa instructor Timothy Connaghan. However, as state director for Oregon and Washington of The Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas, I'd like to augment the wire story with information pertinent to our local area. AORBS has been represented locally by Santa's Pack, which has been serving the Portland-Vancouver area for over five years.
However, the Pacific Northwest is, by population, vastly under-represented by professional real bearded Santas.
Many major urban areas have chapters of the AORBS or other Santa Claus clubs that have over 200 members. The Portland-Vancouver chapter has only 15, who this time of year are regularly forced to turn down business because they are already booked. The need for professional Santas is so great that many large businesses will fly in a real bearded Santa from a different city to fill their need.
For more information, visit: www.santaspack.com.
Rob Figley
Vancouver
Link to the original posting on The Columbian website here
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