March 26, 2024 • 38 mins
Have you ever felt the warm glow of Christmas cheer fade away as the calendar turns? Hold onto that feeling a little longer with our special guest, Santa Papa John, who embodies the spirit of Christmas every single day. In a candid conversation, we uncover the man behind the red suit and explore how his transformation into Santa, supported by his loving wife, has led to delighting children year-round—not just on December 25th. From surprising stories of joy to his "Santa approved" initiative that champions businesses spreading positivity, Santa Papa John's tales weave the festivity of the holiday season into the fabric of our daily lives.
Imagine a world imbued with the kind-heartedness of Christmas in every interaction. That's the reality Santa Papa John inspires as we unpack the profound impact of his work, especially with children of special needs. His account of making children with autism smile is a touching reminder of the power of patience and kindness. The episode shines a light on the importance of inclusivity, detailing how Santa Papa John's joyous outreach extends far beyond the North Pole, touching lives and elevating spirits with the simple, yet profound, acts of love and understanding.
As we bid farewell, I'm reminded of the true essence of Santa's message—authenticity and the courage to be oneself. I leave you with a sprinkling of Santa's love and the hope that you'll carry the lessons of joy, giving, and community spirit from our discussion into each day. Keep an ear out for more heartwarming stories and connections in our upcoming episodes, but for now, let's raise a glass of eggnog to living with the Christmas spirit all year round.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, I'm Coach Mickey and I'm so glad that you've
joined us and if this is yourfirst time joining us, come on
in and make yourself comfortable.
And for those of you that joinus on a regular basis, we are so
glad that you do and weappreciate you connecting with
every one of our guests thatcome on here and have an
opportunity to share their storyand be with me and give a
little insight and a little love.
(00:21):
And I'm going to be honesttoday I am feeling like a little
kid because I have been lookingso forward to having this guest
on with me today and I've gotmy favorite drink.
And I am just full of cheer andhappiness right now because I
have got with me Santa, papaJohn, and I'm just going to jump
(00:44):
right in.
Welcome, santa, how are you?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Ho, ho, ho ho.
Life is awesome and you know welove to make people smile, and
what I like to say, in thisgoofy world that we live in,
there's a lot of people thatdon't even have a reason to
smile, and I can walk around thecorner, get out of a vehicle,
get onto a meeting like this andthe results are always the same
(01:10):
a great, big smile.
So that brings a lot of warmthto my heart and it makes me
smile as well.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Well, we appreciate you because I, like I said, just
looking at you and being aroundyou, it's like you.
Just you have that way ofbringing happiness and joy.
Now we're on the off season,you know cause we're.
You know Christmas is over and,uh, you know you're preparing,
getting ready, but I knoweverybody's going to be asking
well, my gosh coach, mick, yougot Santa on, you know, during
(01:38):
the, during a timeframe, butChristmas, I think, is something
, and that spirit we cancelebrate all year round.
It's not just a one-day event.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Absolutely.
273 days till Christmas, andwhen I talk to people now, we
don't necessarily have to talkabout the Christmas day.
It's about the Christmas spirit.
Everybody has the Christmasspirit in them, and some bring
it to the forefront.
Some people let it just simmeruntil it hits a certain time of
(02:10):
the year and then it explodesfrom within them to bring a
whole new wealth of happiness totheir persona or whatever they
want to believe.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Yeah, no, you're right, and that's something I
think people look at as just thewhole month, whereas this
should be something that weexperience and give you know all
year round.
But I'm going to jump right inbecause, as we're looking at it
now, I know you're in the NorthPole, but when you're off season
you are when are you?
(02:45):
Where are you in the?
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Well, I spend half the time in the North Pole
because the elves are busymaking toys already.
We don't take I gave the elves,you know two weeks holiday and
then we're down to an eight hourwork day, of course, and then
of course they have their fun,their off time as well.
But I spend a lot of time aswell in minnesota.
I have family in minnesota, soI bounce back and forth and I do
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a lot of different marketingand promoting in the off season
to keep the christmas spiritalive.
And if you're wondering whatthis is all about, behind me is
your company, santa approved.
I have a little tidbit that isgoing crazy and everybody's
having fun with it because,believe it or not, santa's the
number one promoted character inthe world, and wouldn't it be
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amazing if he was on your teamas well?
So you know what do I do in theoff season.
I spend a lot of time with MrsClaus and the family, I oversee
the elves in their making of thetoys and I do a lot of meetings
to arrange for suppliers andnew suppliers, and meeting with
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people to make them smile.
We need more of that in thisworld, you know, and it's a lot
of fun.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
So I got to ask how did you become Santa?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Well, everybody asks me that question and it's
amazing.
If you want to go my story, itis simple.
When I met my new wife, shelooked at me and she said I
didn't meet John, I met Santa.
I went no way.
She says have you looked atyourself in the mirror lately?
You're Santa.
(04:27):
And the story goes.
She hands me a handful of candycane and says next time you're
going through the store and youhear some kids hand them some
candy, and I'm going typicalmale, you know, giggle, giggle,
laugh, laugh here, little girl,do you want some candy?
And I'm going typical male, youknow, giggle, giggle, laugh,
laugh here, little girl, do youwant some candy?
(04:48):
I said I'm going to go tofreaking jail.
So of course she kicks me inthe shin and she laughs and she
says just try it and see whatyou can do.
So I'm a truck driver by trade.
I've done 3 million miles in abig truck.
So here I am, big Carhartt,winter coat on it's, you know,
(05:10):
wintertime it's.
I think it was March orsomething, off-season, you know,
and there was still snow on theground in Minnesota and of
course tennis shoes and blackpants don't look anything like
the character.
I walked through a certain bigbox store and I hear some kids
squawking back at their motherand I went do I or don't I?
(05:35):
And of course I went.
Of course I do so.
Then I walked around the cornerand all as I went is I went hey
, are you supposed to be actingthat way to mom?
Well, the kids got theireyeballs, went about this big
and they looked at me and theywent Santa, what are you doing
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here?
And I said well, right now I'mwatching how you're acting and
it's not acting very nice to mom, but but, but.
But.
But.
No, I heard you, I waslistening around the corner, so
you never know when Santa'sgoing to be watching you.
So then, of course, handful ofcandy canes in my hand.
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Of course you got to ask mompermission.
And she says yes.
I says are you guys going to benice for the rest of the day?
Now for mom, yes, we promise.
I said because I'm going to bewatching you.
So I hand them each a candycane and I walked around the
corner While the lady comechasing after me.
She said what did you just do?
(06:38):
But I think you just madeshopping enjoyable for the rest
of the day.
And I went.
The rest is history.
And now I am very blessed andvery lucky to have an amazing
wife that makes all my shirts Idress like this year round
because you can't hide it, and Ipromote the Christmas spirit
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and I create happiness whereverI go, and that is way more.
We need a lot more in thisworld of that.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
What a gift, what a gift, you know, I mean to be, to
be blessed with that and thenalso to recognize it and then
spread it.
I mean, wow, that's, that'sincredible.
And then you embrace it youknow, I mean it, it just and
then to do it like all yearround and then have that within
you to be able to, to spread itand help people.
(07:31):
So you were saying do you haveSanta on your team?
You know, within your, withinyour business or within your
life.
So share a little bit aboutthat, because I really think
that everybody should haveChristmas spirit every single
day.
So how do you promote that?
How do you bring that?
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Well, you know, christmas is an amazing time of
the year where a lot of peopleembrace it and it brings out
just a whole different attitudein people and they think of all
the happiness that they'veshared and they care a lot more
about the people that they loveand they want to share that even
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more.
So being Santa approved is alittle gimmick that in one of my
networking groups someone I'vedone some business with them and
they come up with you know,santa needs some kind of badge
to say you're Santa approved.
And I looked at someone and Iwent say that again and I went.
So they said it and I went thisis transpired.
(08:31):
In two weeks I got ahold of mygranddaughter who just finished
college.
She made.
I said I've got grandpa's gotan idea and I said I need a
little bit of help with she'sdesigning websites and stuff
like that.
She come up with the concept,the whole idea, in like seven or
eight days.
I got my website guy to do it.
This is so new.
I've literally startedpromoting it like three or four
(08:53):
days ago and I'm so excitedbecause there's people that want
to say I would love to be Santaapproved, which means they meet
the certain criteria that Santahas come up with, and it
involves happiness, giving backto the community and sharing and
caring, and isn't that what weneed more of in this world?
Speaker 1 (09:14):
I love that.
So if someone wants to be Santaapproved, how would they go
about doing that?
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Well, they go to my website and then they click on
services and it goes Santaapproved, where it gives you
another little description.
You hit on it.
There's seven little questionsyes and no and the last two are
you'll have to write more thanthree or four words.
We're going to do a littlevideo together.
Boom, you're going to be Santaapproved.
For $25 a month, you can havethis badge to put on your
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website or your social media,and then I'm going to do a video
saying why you're Santaapproved.
I love it.
Take that video and share itall over my YouTube channel.
So you get a double whammy youget to be Santa approved and I
get to share your business on mysocial media.
(10:04):
So it's a win-win situation.
So it'll bring more happinessand maybe it will allow people
to flip the switch a little bitearlier and say maybe I need to
be a little bit more happy today, maybe I need to be a little
bit more giving today, because Ihave Santa watching my back now
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and he's going to entice me tobe a little bit kinder.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Well, I mean, and I think it's also to remember that
we don't have to do it just oneday out of the year or one
month.
You know, I think soon as thelast, you know, right after
Thanksgiving, you know,everybody switches into that
holiday mode and, like,everybody changes, they're a
little bit happier, a little bitmore giving, and then January
1st rolls along and we're rightback into what we were doing and
(10:54):
who we were and we forget.
And that's why I thinkeverybody loves the holiday
season and you're right, itdoesn't have to stop right then
and there, yeah, maybe we don'thave up the decorations, maybe
we don't have, you know, ourtree or whatever we use to
celebrate our holiday.
You know, right in the in frontof us, but what's Christmas
spirit is within us?
(11:15):
It's not, it's not a decoration, it's not a present, it's what
we, what we have within us andwhat we give, and that's I
really truly believe that wehave within us and what we give,
and that's I really trulybelieve that.
So I love what you're doing andit reminds.
It reminds businesses or evenjust individuals.
Hey, you can do this, andhaving it Santa approved, I even
love that even more.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Well, you know, some people need the proverbial kick
in the tush and some peopleembrace the Christmas spirit all
year round, and that's the sadpart is there's a lot of people
that love Christmas but theydon't show the Christmas spirit
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as much as they should.
Maybe this is just another wayof saying it's okay to do that
it's allowed, another way ofsaying it's okay to do that it's
it's allowed, it's real to showyour inner feelings year round
and that's acceptable.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
You know, when I come across somebody who says, oh, I
just want to get through theholidays, or, you know, I can't
wait and I'm, and I thoughtthat's the person that needs the
christmas spirit the most,that's the person.
Yeah, that's the person thatneeds the Christmas spirit the
most.
That's the person.
Yeah, that's the person thatdoesn't get to, they're not
enjoying it, they don'tunderstand it, or maybe they
don't get a chance to feel thatand what you're doing and
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bringing that before all of that.
Maybe that'll open their hearta little bit more.
Maybe they'll have anopportunity to allow them to
feel the way that they shouldand be that person to experience
it, because it's such anincredible feeling, you know, to
have that Christmas spirit orthat holiday feeling.
You know, you just can'tdescribe it, you can't put it in
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words what it feels like, thatmoment of joy or that feeling of
joy.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
There's always that little boy and that little girl
inside of us that want toexplode, and maybe they think
they're in a certain structureor a certain situation that
socially it won't be acceptableto them to be real for a minute
or a day or an hour, whateverthe case may be.
(13:23):
But we all have that littlechildhood vision inside of us
and you did it when we first goton the camera.
I feel like a little girlbecause I'm talking to Santa and
you got a great big smile onyour face.
There's nothing wrong with thatat all.
You know we need more of thatand you know.
And people it's really sad thatthey have to think of what are
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people going to think of meversus me being the happy little
person that I want to be allthe time?
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Yeah, yeah, and that's true, I know, even during
the holidays, when you know,when Santas, you know they have
the you can go and meet and talkto, there was.
There was one night that I waswalking through, I had just got
done with work and I had stoppedby a location and Santa was
there and he was, it was the endof his evening and I bought a
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cup of coffee and I went overand I got one for him and I sat
there and I had an opportunityto to sit and just talk and I
was like, and honestly, that wasprobably one of the best
conversations and fulfillingconversations and I left with my
heart so full of joy justtaking a moment to to do that.
(14:46):
And I think, as sometimes whenwe get up, we as adults, we're
like, oh, no, you know.
So my kids are like, no, no, I,you have a chance to talk to
Santa, do it, do it every singletime.
If they have a chance toconnect with you, do it.
I highly recommend it,recommend it.
(15:11):
I think that everybody shouldtake that time to speak with
Santa and have that moment tofeel and feel that joy and
enthusiasm.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Well, again I say it, that people put themselves up
on a pedestal, that they don'tthink they're socially accepted
to be able to do what you did.
Oh, who's watching me?
Who's got a camera?
Who's going to take pictures ofme?
No, you have that inner feelinginside of you that is exploding
(15:36):
to go wow, this is a goldenopportunity to A relive my
childhood, take me back to abetter time in my life, maybe
fulfill something that I've beenmissing forever.
Or just for the simple fact ofsaying, hey, I've been having an
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awesome day, and what a way toend a day.
But taking it a step up byvisiting with one of my
childhood heroes that peoplenowadays don't always get the
opportunity, opportunity to dothat.
And the expression on your faceand I can see the love in you
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was exploding through yourexpression in your face because
that moment was something you'renever going to forget for the
rest of your life.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
It was magical.
I mean, it really was magical,that's the only word I can think
of.
And whether it was somethingthat I thought maybe I was
missing or needed, it didn'tmatter.
The point that what I left withand how I felt was something
that I think everybody shouldexperience.
And I don't think, like yousaid, we forget or we don't
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allow and having that ability todo it.
And I love what you are doingand you do it all year round.
I mean it's and it's not justyou know, with, with the kids,
but you're bringing something toadults too, and that gives them
an opportunity to reflect.
And shouldn't we do that?
Shouldn't we all have theability or the chance to go?
(17:16):
Let me step out of what I'vebeen doing.
You know I don't want to doadult today.
Let me do something.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Taking that exact sentence, there is so much peer
pressure from our society thatsays we're not able to do that.
Who says you can't do somethingthat is not on your normal
schedule or something that isnot in your normal comfort zone?
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There's the word I'm lookingfor and you stepping in and
having a chat with Santa.
That stepped you out of yourcomfort zone and it created a
whole different area of wow.
This was just unbelievable andthat's what I love doing and
it's I can honestly say.
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You know, it's been there for14 years and I make people smile
and we need more of that.
And it's so much fun.
And whether it be coming to siton my knee, I had, you know, I
had a 91 year old greatgrandmother sitting on my knee
last year.
Yes, we can't forget about themeither.
(18:31):
And I turned around and lookedat Grandma and I said Grandma, I
know you've had a wonderful dayand you didn't expect this at
all, but let me ask you aquestion what did I, as Santa,
bring you for your seventhChristmas?
As Santa bring you for yourseventh Christmas?
Well, the look on her face.
She looks at me and she looksaround the room and she looks at
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me and she says Santa, I barelyremember what I had for dinner
yesterday and you want me toremember what I had for my
seventh Christmas.
But two days later I got amessage from the daughter or the
granddaughter that said youknow, grandma was still thinking
a whole day later of what Ibrought her for her seventh
Christmas and she said itbrought back so many wonderful
memories of her childhood thatshe was sharing with the rest of
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the family.
And I mean, isn't that whatit's all about?
It's about remembering,hopefully, a time in our life
where we didn't have any worries, didn't have any cares, didn't
have any adulting to worry about, and it was just magical.
Isn't that amazing if we canthink of more magical times in
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our lives?
Speaker 1 (19:45):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
The time you say I do in front of that minister or
whoever it was, that was amagical time in your life.
You know, seeing your firstchild born magical, amazing.
You're never going to forgetthat.
But spending some time withSanta maybe, maybe that's what
you need to kickstart some ofyour real life experiences that
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you've sort of pushed to theside, that you need to bring
back out and say it's time forme to start living happy again.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Yeah, I love it.
I love everything that you'redoing and what you're offering.
So walk me through a day.
Walk me through a day of whatyou're doing.
I mean, I know during theChristmas season you are just we
know what you're doing.
You know during the holidayseason, but when you're like
today, so what do you do?
Like how do you go out and youhelp people experience this and
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how can they reach out to you,you know, if they want to be
able to have that opportunitywith you.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Well, I offer Santa one-of-a-kind happy birthday
videos.
Okay, one-of-a-kind means I askfour or five, six specific
questions about that person, andit doesn't have to be a child.
I sent one to an 80-year-oldgreat-grandmother the other day
because the lady said what doyou get an 80-year-old
great-grandmother that haseverything?
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A one-of-a-kind happy birthdayfrom Santa.
Now, one-of-a-kind, of course.
Her name, her child's name, hergranddaughter's name, where she
went to school, this ispersonalized just for her.
And of course, I do the samething for kids Santa check-in
videos.
And you, you know, maybe thekids need a little bit of
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encouragement from Santa becausethey're being on the naughty
list lately.
But you know, I was networkingwith a young lady the other day
and she said what about ourseniors?
And I thought, you know, shesaid our seniors are shut-ins.
Maybe someone's fallen andbroken a leg.
They need a little bit ofpick-me-up, they need a little
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happiness in their life.
I can send a Santa video tothem to cheer people up.
So I'm promoting that sort ofthing.
I do a lot of networking stuff.
I go out and meet people, Imake people smile.
I do advertising, promotionsfor companies and I'm involved
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with two big nonprofits.
So I do some from commercials,some promotions for them, and
that's not big nonprofits.
That's always a wonderfulreason to give back.
And if you're thinking ofdonating to a nonprofit, ladies
and gentlemen, give it from yourheart, because it's going to go
for a good reason, and we needto do more of that.
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Unfortunately, society hastightened up the belts on a lot
of different things and ournonprofits are really hurting.
So, if you have a cause, giveto a nonprofit, ladies and
gentlemen.
They will be very thankful andit'll make your heart feel
wonderful.
So what else do I do in the day?
I love doing one-on-ones likethis, because the smiles on
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people's faces is overwhelming.
I know I'm sharing somehappiness, some positivity, some
encouragement, and that's I doa weekly, I mean I do a daily
video on all my social media,and lately it's been first of
all it was promoting myself.
Then it started changing and Ifound a website that gives me
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all these different sayings, butlately it's all about
encouraging positive action.
You know, are you dreaming ofbeing happy?
Well, why dream?
When you write down a dream, itbecomes a goal.
When you thrive for a goal thatsays you're going to be happy,
isn't that an amazing dream,that you're going to be happy.
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We all need to change ourthinking of what society wants
us to be instead of what we wantto be.
Does that make sense?
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Yeah, it does, and I think that also goes back to
thinking about when you were akid.
Everything was possible, younever had any kind of
reservation.
Everything was possible.
You never had any kind ofreservation.
It was already.
It was crystal clear in yourmind, in your head, what you
wanted, with no obstacles.
And then I think, as we gotolder, we allowed those opinions
and obstacles to become ourreality.
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And going back to understandingand opening yourself up to
those possibilities, maybe youdo have to take that step back,
you know, and, as Santa andgetting in touch with that
timeframe of your life, it givespeople that opportunity to open
up their minds and their hearts, to maybe revisit that, maybe
go back and see that and saywait a minute, why am I not
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doing this?
Why am I not allowing thishappiness to be in my life?
Speaker 2 (24:48):
My wife truly believes that she has spoken to
God about me and how God haspushed me into a different
direction in my lifestyle.
That is more positive, and Idon't want to say I'm being
gospel about it, but I thinkthere's a lot of people that
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just need some cheering up and II can honestly say it's changed
my life and I love makingpeople smile.
I love cheering people up andand it it's a lot of fun.
I, I on tiktok, I have a lot ofkids that come on, that are on
the spectrum.
Well, they're looking for alittle bit of attention and
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again, society has pushed thosepeople to the side.
They can be wonderful humanbeings if you just give them a
minute of your time.
You know there was a visit I didfour or five years ago when I
was first starting out in.
This mother brought in two ofher boys that had autism I
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believe it was and it was so badthat they were wheelchair bound
and they were pretty roughshape but they lived the best of
their ability pretty roughshape, but they lived the best
of their ability.
And god bless her mother thatgave these two boys the best
life that they were able tofulfill.
But I was able to spend a fewminutes of of them and my the
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mother come up to me after theboys left and she said I don't
know what you did, but in 10years of talking with other
Santas, you made them smile andthey have not acted that way
towards other Santas.
So I don't know if I I don'twant to say I have a gift of
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talking to people, but I havethe ability to have the patience
to spend a little bit of timewith all people and when people
come on to my TikTok story, doyou mind if I'm this, that or
everything else?
I says no, I don't care whatyou are, I don't care what color
you are, I don't care what youbelieve in, I don't care if
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you're a him, her, it orwhatever you want to believe.
You come on to my site, you benice, you be kind and you
interact with other people in anice way and you're pleasant and
you ask honest questions.
Then you can stay andparticipate.
Yes, unfortunately, there's somekids, some people, that I have
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to cut loose because they can'tbe nice.
There's some kids, some people,that I have to cut loose
because they can't be nice.
They want to disturb thehappiness, if you may say, if I
can say it that way.
But you know, some of thesepeople come back every night,
every day, every night, becauseI give them a little bit of
happiness in their life.
And you know, I keep saying itbecause I firmly believe it Our
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society is going down the wrongpath and we need to turn it for
some reason, so that there'smore happiness in the world.
Everybody is so, you knowpinpointed vision, vision,
pointed tunnel vision, that theyhave to do this, that and
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everything else because societysays so, no, what about your
happiness?
We need to have more happinessthat we believe that we are
happy about.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
Yeah, I mean, when you've got inner joy, it's easy
to spread it on the outside.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
And you're right, kids.
I think kids need it more thananything else Because they don't
know what to do and there's somuch pressure on them.
And I think Because I work witha lot of kids and I see it
every day and I'm like You'vegot to be that person that can
make that difference and evenjust one act of kindness can
make a big difference insomeone's life.
And I was actually talking withsomebody and it was like, well,
(29:01):
I'm only one person.
You know what's the one thing Ican do?
And I thought you know onesmall thing can make a big
difference.
And if you don't believe that,try being in the bed at night
with one mosquito.
That one thing can make a bigdifference.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
I love it.
I love it.
It's not the truth, though.
Or we get the horse flies uphere, just the little black
house flies.
Yes, one can make a differenceon whether you sleep or not, and
, yes, the mosquito is even thebetter one I love it.
I love it, you know, but youknow what?
Thank you for this opportunity.
(29:41):
It's been amazing.
I've enjoyed it, it's been somuch fun, and it allows me to
share to to your friends and toyour followers that there is
people out here that stillbelieve happiness is a much more
positive way.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
I love it.
And how can people reach out toyou?
Because now everybody knowseverything will be embedded down
below, but if you're listeningto the podcast, it'll be in the
podcast description, so you canreach out to Santa in any way,
shape or form, on all of hissocial media, but also to reach
out to him personally.
But go ahead and give theinformation out for those that
are listening, because a lot ofpeople listen in their cars or
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you know when they're doingsomething else, but then they
can go back and get theinformation later.
Speaker 2 (30:22):
SantaPapaJohncom.
I'm on Santa Papa John on allthe different medias and I'm on
about eight of them right nowand I'm having a blast with that
.
And yeah, it's like, how do youfind time to do it?
You just do it and you uh, youknow you're sharing happiness
and you're creating people'ssmiles, and I've been doing a
lot of networking and it neverfails.
(30:43):
You did the exact thing.
I think I already said thispeople come on to a meeting and
they see me right away.
They get a great big smile andwe need more of that.
And, ladies and gentlemen, ifyou're having a tough time,
remember that you're loved andpeople do care about you and you
know, stepping off that bridgeis not going to create happiness
for you.
It's going to create a lot ofheartache for a lot of different
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people and we need to reach outto those people a lot more than
we do, than people realize.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
So I'm going to give you the last minute here to
share your Santa wisdom.
I mean, everything you've saidhas been so amazing and so
profound, so I'm going to giveyou the last minute to share
whatever you want to share foreveryone to be able to feel
amazing after they hit the endof this podcast.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
Well, thank you very much and it has been amazing and
I thank you for this wonderfultime.
But, ladies and gentlemen, justthink of your childhood.
I know some of you has had arough childhood, but there's
times in your life that you knowyou need to be very thankful
for, and you know you need morecheering up.
Get and you know you need morecheering up get a hold of me,
santapapajohncom, or I'm onTikTok under the same you know
(31:57):
Instagram, linkedin, whereverreach out.
I'd love to make a video foryou, your mother, your sister,
your brother, your kids.
Everybody needs a little bit ofcheering up now and then.
Everybody needs a little bit ofcheering up now and then.
And what a way to do it?
By having Santa in your courthelping you encourage some
positivity.
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And we need more of that.
And you know it's a lot of funthese days and life can be very
interesting and give you a lotof twists and turns.
But if you start utilizingthose twists and turns to your
advantage, you never know whereyou're going to go.
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And remember a dream is just adream until you write it down,
and then it's a goal and we allwant to dream of something
better in our life.
Write it down, because then youhave a goal to strive for and
once you reach that goal, do itagain.
There's no stopping.
Society does not control whoyou are.
(33:00):
You are an army of one and youcontrol your own destiny, and if
Santa could play a part ofencouraging that, I'd love to be
on your team.
So thanks, coach.
This is all.
This has been awesome.
Speaker 1 (33:17):
This was fun.
I really enjoyed having youwith me and and again, I, you
know, I would like to havepeople know too that they can
also find you on Keep On Sharingand they, you know they can
also find all your informationon there too, and we'll have all
those links also availableamong all your other social
media, which is amazing too, sothat we can add in that one.
(33:39):
But I have had so much fun andI really have enjoyed your
spirit and what you've had tooffer and you definitely made me
happy and you started my dayand I'm gonna take this all the
way through, probably the end ofthe month, the week, probably
the end of the month, becausewhen I need that, pick me up,
I'm going to go back and watchthis and, you know, reach out to
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you.
So, thank you so much for beingwith us today and doing what
you do and sharing your joy andsharing your love and, yeah,
you're a gift to have someonelike you that presents this
throughout the world.
Speaker 2 (34:12):
Well, thank you very much.
And, of course, we got tofinish off with a big ho, ho, ho
.
Yes, it's the smile that tellsthe story, ladies and gentlemen,
and the smile on this lady'sface.
If you're listening to thispodcast, you need to watch it.
Take a couple minutes and watchit, because the smile tells the
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tale and we need more of that,ladies and gentlemen.
And you know, I can honestlysay once again, this has changed
my life and I love doing it.
And the tale keeps changing.
The story keeps changing alittle bit more and more each
day as I meet different peopleand which direction I'm going to
(34:55):
go with it, but the goal isstill create more happiness in
the world.
And, yes, kids say they wantmore presents and they want more
toys.
Well, that's just part of thestory.
To make them happy, and we allneed more happiness.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Well, thank you, santa.
Thank you so much for beingwith us today and, as everyone
knows, all the links are downbelow.
You can find it also embeddedinto the podcast, and I highly
recommend reaching out to Santa.
Bring a little bit of joy,remember that Christmas spirit,
remember that holiday feeling,and bring it with you every day,
you know, and if it's somethingthat you would like to also
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implement to the other peoplearound you.
I love this Santa approved idea.
I think that is an amazing ideathat we remind people to have
that holiday joy and thathappiness each and every day.
So thank you, santa, and I lookforward to connecting with you
again.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
Absolutely, coach.
It's been an amazing.
Thank you for a wonderful timeand stay smiling for the rest of
your day.
Santa loves you and hope youhave an awesome day.
Thank you very much.
Bye-bye, bye.
Speaker 1 (36:08):
Thank you guys, thank you so much.
Remember, the most courageousthing you can do is be yourself.
I will look forward to seeingyou on either the next podcast
or our next youtube video.
Until then, see ya.
And actually I'm just gonna saymerry christmas yes, merry
christmas.
Hey, I'm Coach Mickey and I'm so glad that you've
joined us and if this is yourfirst time joining us, come on
in and make yourself comfortable.
And for those of you that joinus on a regular basis, we are so
glad that you do and weappreciate you connecting with
every one of our guests thatcome on here and have an
opportunity to share their storyand be with me and give a
little insight and a little love.
(00:21):
And I'm going to be honesttoday I am feeling like a little
kid because I have been lookingso forward to having this guest
on with me today and I've gotmy favorite drink.
And I am just full of cheer andhappiness right now because I
have got with me Santa, papaJohn, and I'm just going to jump
(00:44):
right in.
Welcome, santa, how are you?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Ho, ho, ho ho.
Life is awesome and you know welove to make people smile, and
what I like to say, in thisgoofy world that we live in,
there's a lot of people thatdon't even have a reason to
smile, and I can walk around thecorner, get out of a vehicle,
get onto a meeting like this andthe results are always the same
(01:10):
a great, big smile.
So that brings a lot of warmthto my heart and it makes me
smile as well.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Well, we appreciate you because I, like I said, just
looking at you and being aroundyou, it's like you.
Just you have that way ofbringing happiness and joy.
Now we're on the off season,you know cause we're.
You know Christmas is over and,uh, you know you're preparing,
getting ready, but I knoweverybody's going to be asking
well, my gosh coach, mick, yougot Santa on, you know, during
(01:38):
the, during a timeframe, butChristmas, I think, is something
, and that spirit we cancelebrate all year round.
It's not just a one-day event.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Absolutely.
273 days till Christmas, andwhen I talk to people now, we
don't necessarily have to talkabout the Christmas day.
It's about the Christmas spirit.
Everybody has the Christmasspirit in them, and some bring
it to the forefront.
Some people let it just simmeruntil it hits a certain time of
(02:10):
the year and then it explodesfrom within them to bring a
whole new wealth of happiness totheir persona or whatever they
want to believe.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
Yeah, no, you're right, and that's something I
think people look at as just thewhole month, whereas this
should be something that weexperience and give you know all
year round.
But I'm going to jump right inbecause, as we're looking at it
now, I know you're in the NorthPole, but when you're off season
you are when are you?
(02:45):
Where are you in the?
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Well, I spend half the time in the North Pole
because the elves are busymaking toys already.
We don't take I gave the elves,you know two weeks holiday and
then we're down to an eight hourwork day, of course, and then
of course they have their fun,their off time as well.
But I spend a lot of time aswell in minnesota.
I have family in minnesota, soI bounce back and forth and I do
(03:09):
a lot of different marketingand promoting in the off season
to keep the christmas spiritalive.
And if you're wondering whatthis is all about, behind me is
your company, santa approved.
I have a little tidbit that isgoing crazy and everybody's
having fun with it because,believe it or not, santa's the
number one promoted character inthe world, and wouldn't it be
(03:34):
amazing if he was on your teamas well?
So you know what do I do in theoff season.
I spend a lot of time with MrsClaus and the family, I oversee
the elves in their making of thetoys and I do a lot of meetings
to arrange for suppliers andnew suppliers, and meeting with
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people to make them smile.
We need more of that in thisworld, you know, and it's a lot
of fun.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
So I got to ask how did you become Santa?
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Well, everybody asks me that question and it's
amazing.
If you want to go my story, itis simple.
When I met my new wife, shelooked at me and she said I
didn't meet John, I met Santa.
I went no way.
She says have you looked atyourself in the mirror lately?
You're Santa.
(04:27):
And the story goes.
She hands me a handful of candycane and says next time you're
going through the store and youhear some kids hand them some
candy, and I'm going typicalmale, you know, giggle, giggle,
laugh, laugh here, little girl,do you want some candy?
And I'm going typical male, youknow, giggle, giggle, laugh,
laugh here, little girl, do youwant some candy?
(04:48):
I said I'm going to go tofreaking jail.
So of course she kicks me inthe shin and she laughs and she
says just try it and see whatyou can do.
So I'm a truck driver by trade.
I've done 3 million miles in abig truck.
So here I am, big Carhartt,winter coat on it's, you know,
(05:10):
wintertime it's.
I think it was March orsomething, off-season, you know,
and there was still snow on theground in Minnesota and of
course tennis shoes and blackpants don't look anything like
the character.
I walked through a certain bigbox store and I hear some kids
squawking back at their motherand I went do I or don't I?
(05:35):
And of course I went.
Of course I do so.
Then I walked around the cornerand all as I went is I went hey
, are you supposed to be actingthat way to mom?
Well, the kids got theireyeballs, went about this big
and they looked at me and theywent Santa, what are you doing
(05:56):
here?
And I said well, right now I'mwatching how you're acting and
it's not acting very nice to mom, but but, but.
But.
But.
No, I heard you, I waslistening around the corner, so
you never know when Santa'sgoing to be watching you.
So then, of course, handful ofcandy canes in my hand.
(06:17):
Of course you got to ask mompermission.
And she says yes.
I says are you guys going to benice for the rest of the day?
Now for mom, yes, we promise.
I said because I'm going to bewatching you.
So I hand them each a candycane and I walked around the
corner While the lady comechasing after me.
She said what did you just do?
(06:38):
But I think you just madeshopping enjoyable for the rest
of the day.
And I went.
The rest is history.
And now I am very blessed andvery lucky to have an amazing
wife that makes all my shirts Idress like this year round
because you can't hide it, and Ipromote the Christmas spirit
(07:01):
and I create happiness whereverI go, and that is way more.
We need a lot more in thisworld of that.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
What a gift, what a gift, you know, I mean to be, to
be blessed with that and thenalso to recognize it and then
spread it.
I mean, wow, that's, that'sincredible.
And then you embrace it youknow, I mean it, it just and
then to do it like all yearround and then have that within
you to be able to, to spread itand help people.
(07:31):
So you were saying do you haveSanta on your team?
You know, within your, withinyour business or within your
life.
So share a little bit aboutthat, because I really think
that everybody should haveChristmas spirit every single
day.
So how do you promote that?
How do you bring that?
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Well, you know, christmas is an amazing time of
the year where a lot of peopleembrace it and it brings out
just a whole different attitudein people and they think of all
the happiness that they'veshared and they care a lot more
about the people that they loveand they want to share that even
(08:10):
more.
So being Santa approved is alittle gimmick that in one of my
networking groups someone I'vedone some business with them and
they come up with you know,santa needs some kind of badge
to say you're Santa approved.
And I looked at someone and Iwent say that again and I went.
So they said it and I went thisis transpired.
(08:31):
In two weeks I got ahold of mygranddaughter who just finished
college.
She made.
I said I've got grandpa's gotan idea and I said I need a
little bit of help with she'sdesigning websites and stuff
like that.
She come up with the concept,the whole idea, in like seven or
eight days.
I got my website guy to do it.
This is so new.
I've literally startedpromoting it like three or four
(08:53):
days ago and I'm so excitedbecause there's people that want
to say I would love to be Santaapproved, which means they meet
the certain criteria that Santahas come up with, and it
involves happiness, giving backto the community and sharing and
caring, and isn't that what weneed more of in this world?
Speaker 1 (09:14):
I love that.
So if someone wants to be Santaapproved, how would they go
about doing that?
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Well, they go to my website and then they click on
services and it goes Santaapproved, where it gives you
another little description.
You hit on it.
There's seven little questionsyes and no and the last two are
you'll have to write more thanthree or four words.
We're going to do a littlevideo together.
Boom, you're going to be Santaapproved.
For $25 a month, you can havethis badge to put on your
(09:43):
website or your social media,and then I'm going to do a video
saying why you're Santaapproved.
I love it.
Take that video and share itall over my YouTube channel.
So you get a double whammy youget to be Santa approved and I
get to share your business on mysocial media.
(10:04):
So it's a win-win situation.
So it'll bring more happinessand maybe it will allow people
to flip the switch a little bitearlier and say maybe I need to
be a little bit more happy today, maybe I need to be a little
bit more giving today, because Ihave Santa watching my back now
(10:26):
and he's going to entice me tobe a little bit kinder.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Well, I mean, and I think it's also to remember that
we don't have to do it just oneday out of the year or one
month.
You know, I think soon as thelast, you know, right after
Thanksgiving, you know,everybody switches into that
holiday mode and, like,everybody changes, they're a
little bit happier, a little bitmore giving, and then January
1st rolls along and we're rightback into what we were doing and
(10:54):
who we were and we forget.
And that's why I thinkeverybody loves the holiday
season and you're right, itdoesn't have to stop right then
and there, yeah, maybe we don'thave up the decorations, maybe
we don't have, you know, ourtree or whatever we use to
celebrate our holiday.
You know, right in the in frontof us, but what's Christmas
spirit is within us?
(11:15):
It's not, it's not a decoration, it's not a present, it's what
we, what we have within us andwhat we give, and that's I
really truly believe that wehave within us and what we give,
and that's I really trulybelieve that.
So I love what you're doing andit reminds.
It reminds businesses or evenjust individuals.
Hey, you can do this, andhaving it Santa approved, I even
love that even more.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Well, you know, some people need the proverbial kick
in the tush and some peopleembrace the Christmas spirit all
year round, and that's the sadpart is there's a lot of people
that love Christmas but theydon't show the Christmas spirit
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as much as they should.
Maybe this is just another wayof saying it's okay to do that
it's allowed, another way ofsaying it's okay to do that it's
it's allowed, it's real to showyour inner feelings year round
and that's acceptable.
Speaker 1 (12:13):
You know, when I come across somebody who says, oh, I
just want to get through theholidays, or, you know, I can't
wait and I'm, and I thoughtthat's the person that needs the
christmas spirit the most,that's the person.
Yeah, that's the person thatneeds the Christmas spirit the
most.
That's the person.
Yeah, that's the person thatdoesn't get to, they're not
enjoying it, they don'tunderstand it, or maybe they
don't get a chance to feel thatand what you're doing and
(12:36):
bringing that before all of that.
Maybe that'll open their hearta little bit more.
Maybe they'll have anopportunity to allow them to
feel the way that they shouldand be that person to experience
it, because it's such anincredible feeling, you know, to
have that Christmas spirit orthat holiday feeling.
You know, you just can'tdescribe it, you can't put it in
(12:56):
words what it feels like, thatmoment of joy or that feeling of
joy.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
There's always that little boy and that little girl
inside of us that want toexplode, and maybe they think
they're in a certain structureor a certain situation that
socially it won't be acceptableto them to be real for a minute
or a day or an hour, whateverthe case may be.
(13:23):
But we all have that littlechildhood vision inside of us
and you did it when we first goton the camera.
I feel like a little girlbecause I'm talking to Santa and
you got a great big smile onyour face.
There's nothing wrong with thatat all.
You know we need more of thatand you know.
And people it's really sad thatthey have to think of what are
(13:50):
people going to think of meversus me being the happy little
person that I want to be allthe time?
Speaker 1 (13:59):
Yeah, yeah, and that's true, I know, even during
the holidays, when you know,when Santas, you know they have
the you can go and meet and talkto, there was.
There was one night that I waswalking through, I had just got
done with work and I had stoppedby a location and Santa was
there and he was, it was the endof his evening and I bought a
(14:22):
cup of coffee and I went overand I got one for him and I sat
there and I had an opportunityto to sit and just talk and I
was like, and honestly, that wasprobably one of the best
conversations and fulfillingconversations and I left with my
heart so full of joy justtaking a moment to to do that.
(14:46):
And I think, as sometimes whenwe get up, we as adults, we're
like, oh, no, you know.
So my kids are like, no, no, I,you have a chance to talk to
Santa, do it, do it every singletime.
If they have a chance toconnect with you, do it.
I highly recommend it,recommend it.
(15:11):
I think that everybody shouldtake that time to speak with
Santa and have that moment tofeel and feel that joy and
enthusiasm.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Well, again I say it, that people put themselves up
on a pedestal, that they don'tthink they're socially accepted
to be able to do what you did.
Oh, who's watching me?
Who's got a camera?
Who's going to take pictures ofme?
No, you have that inner feelinginside of you that is exploding
(15:36):
to go wow, this is a goldenopportunity to A relive my
childhood, take me back to abetter time in my life, maybe
fulfill something that I've beenmissing forever.
Or just for the simple fact ofsaying, hey, I've been having an
(15:57):
awesome day, and what a way toend a day.
But taking it a step up byvisiting with one of my
childhood heroes that peoplenowadays don't always get the
opportunity, opportunity to dothat.
And the expression on your faceand I can see the love in you
(16:21):
was exploding through yourexpression in your face because
that moment was something you'renever going to forget for the
rest of your life.
Speaker 1 (16:30):
It was magical.
I mean, it really was magical,that's the only word I can think
of.
And whether it was somethingthat I thought maybe I was
missing or needed, it didn'tmatter.
The point that what I left withand how I felt was something
that I think everybody shouldexperience.
And I don't think, like yousaid, we forget or we don't
(16:54):
allow and having that ability todo it.
And I love what you are doingand you do it all year round.
I mean it's and it's not justyou know, with, with the kids,
but you're bringing something toadults too, and that gives them
an opportunity to reflect.
And shouldn't we do that?
Shouldn't we all have theability or the chance to go?
(17:16):
Let me step out of what I'vebeen doing.
You know I don't want to doadult today.
Let me do something.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Taking that exact sentence, there is so much peer
pressure from our society thatsays we're not able to do that.
Who says you can't do somethingthat is not on your normal
schedule or something that isnot in your normal comfort zone?
(17:51):
There's the word I'm lookingfor and you stepping in and
having a chat with Santa.
That stepped you out of yourcomfort zone and it created a
whole different area of wow.
This was just unbelievable andthat's what I love doing and
it's I can honestly say.
(18:11):
You know, it's been there for14 years and I make people smile
and we need more of that.
And it's so much fun.
And whether it be coming to siton my knee, I had, you know, I
had a 91 year old greatgrandmother sitting on my knee
last year.
Yes, we can't forget about themeither.
(18:31):
And I turned around and lookedat Grandma and I said Grandma, I
know you've had a wonderful dayand you didn't expect this at
all, but let me ask you aquestion what did I, as Santa,
bring you for your seventhChristmas?
As Santa bring you for yourseventh Christmas?
Well, the look on her face.
She looks at me and she looksaround the room and she looks at
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me and she says Santa, I barelyremember what I had for dinner
yesterday and you want me toremember what I had for my
seventh Christmas.
But two days later I got amessage from the daughter or the
granddaughter that said youknow, grandma was still thinking
a whole day later of what Ibrought her for her seventh
Christmas and she said itbrought back so many wonderful
memories of her childhood thatshe was sharing with the rest of
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the family.
And I mean, isn't that whatit's all about?
It's about remembering,hopefully, a time in our life
where we didn't have any worries, didn't have any cares, didn't
have any adulting to worry about, and it was just magical.
Isn't that amazing if we canthink of more magical times in
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our lives?
Speaker 1 (19:45):
Oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
The time you say I do in front of that minister or
whoever it was, that was amagical time in your life.
You know, seeing your firstchild born magical, amazing.
You're never going to forgetthat.
But spending some time withSanta maybe, maybe that's what
you need to kickstart some ofyour real life experiences that
(20:09):
you've sort of pushed to theside, that you need to bring
back out and say it's time forme to start living happy again.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
Yeah, I love it.
I love everything that you'redoing and what you're offering.
So walk me through a day.
Walk me through a day of whatyou're doing.
I mean, I know during theChristmas season you are just we
know what you're doing.
You know during the holidayseason, but when you're like
today, so what do you do?
Like how do you go out and youhelp people experience this and
(20:40):
how can they reach out to you,you know, if they want to be
able to have that opportunitywith you.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
Well, I offer Santa one-of-a-kind happy birthday
videos.
Okay, one-of-a-kind means I askfour or five, six specific
questions about that person, andit doesn't have to be a child.
I sent one to an 80-year-oldgreat-grandmother the other day
because the lady said what doyou get an 80-year-old
great-grandmother that haseverything?
(21:08):
A one-of-a-kind happy birthdayfrom Santa.
Now, one-of-a-kind, of course.
Her name, her child's name, hergranddaughter's name, where she
went to school, this ispersonalized just for her.
And of course, I do the samething for kids Santa check-in
videos.
And you, you know, maybe thekids need a little bit of
(21:29):
encouragement from Santa becausethey're being on the naughty
list lately.
But you know, I was networkingwith a young lady the other day
and she said what about ourseniors?
And I thought, you know, shesaid our seniors are shut-ins.
Maybe someone's fallen andbroken a leg.
They need a little bit ofpick-me-up, they need a little
(21:50):
happiness in their life.
I can send a Santa video tothem to cheer people up.
So I'm promoting that sort ofthing.
I do a lot of networking stuff.
I go out and meet people, Imake people smile.
I do advertising, promotionsfor companies and I'm involved
(22:13):
with two big nonprofits.
So I do some from commercials,some promotions for them, and
that's not big nonprofits.
That's always a wonderfulreason to give back.
And if you're thinking ofdonating to a nonprofit, ladies
and gentlemen, give it from yourheart, because it's going to go
for a good reason, and we needto do more of that.
(22:33):
Unfortunately, society hastightened up the belts on a lot
of different things and ournonprofits are really hurting.
So, if you have a cause, giveto a nonprofit, ladies and
gentlemen.
They will be very thankful andit'll make your heart feel
wonderful.
So what else do I do in the day?
I love doing one-on-ones likethis, because the smiles on
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people's faces is overwhelming.
I know I'm sharing somehappiness, some positivity, some
encouragement, and that's I doa weekly, I mean I do a daily
video on all my social media,and lately it's been first of
all it was promoting myself.
Then it started changing and Ifound a website that gives me
(23:19):
all these different sayings, butlately it's all about
encouraging positive action.
You know, are you dreaming ofbeing happy?
Well, why dream?
When you write down a dream, itbecomes a goal.
When you thrive for a goal thatsays you're going to be happy,
isn't that an amazing dream,that you're going to be happy.
(23:42):
We all need to change ourthinking of what society wants
us to be instead of what we wantto be.
Does that make sense?
Speaker 1 (23:58):
Yeah, it does, and I think that also goes back to
thinking about when you were akid.
Everything was possible, younever had any kind of
reservation.
Everything was possible.
You never had any kind ofreservation.
It was already.
It was crystal clear in yourmind, in your head, what you
wanted, with no obstacles.
And then I think, as we gotolder, we allowed those opinions
and obstacles to become ourreality.
(24:20):
And going back to understandingand opening yourself up to
those possibilities, maybe youdo have to take that step back,
you know, and, as Santa andgetting in touch with that
timeframe of your life, it givespeople that opportunity to open
up their minds and their hearts, to maybe revisit that, maybe
go back and see that and saywait a minute, why am I not
(24:42):
doing this?
Why am I not allowing thishappiness to be in my life?
Speaker 2 (24:48):
My wife truly believes that she has spoken to
God about me and how God haspushed me into a different
direction in my lifestyle.
That is more positive, and Idon't want to say I'm being
gospel about it, but I thinkthere's a lot of people that
(25:13):
just need some cheering up and II can honestly say it's changed
my life and I love makingpeople smile.
I love cheering people up andand it it's a lot of fun.
I, I on tiktok, I have a lot ofkids that come on, that are on
the spectrum.
Well, they're looking for alittle bit of attention and
(25:34):
again, society has pushed thosepeople to the side.
They can be wonderful humanbeings if you just give them a
minute of your time.
You know there was a visit I didfour or five years ago when I
was first starting out in.
This mother brought in two ofher boys that had autism I
(25:55):
believe it was and it was so badthat they were wheelchair bound
and they were pretty roughshape but they lived the best of
their ability pretty roughshape, but they lived the best
of their ability.
And god bless her mother thatgave these two boys the best
life that they were able tofulfill.
But I was able to spend a fewminutes of of them and my the
(26:20):
mother come up to me after theboys left and she said I don't
know what you did, but in 10years of talking with other
Santas, you made them smile andthey have not acted that way
towards other Santas.
So I don't know if I I don'twant to say I have a gift of
(26:41):
talking to people, but I havethe ability to have the patience
to spend a little bit of timewith all people and when people
come on to my TikTok story, doyou mind if I'm this, that or
everything else?
I says no, I don't care whatyou are, I don't care what color
you are, I don't care what youbelieve in, I don't care if
(27:04):
you're a him, her, it orwhatever you want to believe.
You come on to my site, you benice, you be kind and you
interact with other people in anice way and you're pleasant and
you ask honest questions.
Then you can stay andparticipate.
Yes, unfortunately, there's somekids, some people, that I have
(27:26):
to cut loose because they can'tbe nice.
There's some kids, some people,that I have to cut loose
because they can't be nice.
They want to disturb thehappiness, if you may say, if I
can say it that way.
But you know, some of thesepeople come back every night,
every day, every night, becauseI give them a little bit of
happiness in their life.
And you know, I keep saying itbecause I firmly believe it Our
(27:52):
society is going down the wrongpath and we need to turn it for
some reason, so that there'smore happiness in the world.
Everybody is so, you knowpinpointed vision, vision,
pointed tunnel vision, that theyhave to do this, that and
(28:13):
everything else because societysays so, no, what about your
happiness?
We need to have more happinessthat we believe that we are
happy about.
Speaker 1 (28:29):
Yeah, I mean, when you've got inner joy, it's easy
to spread it on the outside.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (28:37):
And you're right, kids.
I think kids need it more thananything else Because they don't
know what to do and there's somuch pressure on them.
And I think Because I work witha lot of kids and I see it
every day and I'm like You'vegot to be that person that can
make that difference and evenjust one act of kindness can
make a big difference insomeone's life.
And I was actually talking withsomebody and it was like, well,
(29:01):
I'm only one person.
You know what's the one thing Ican do?
And I thought you know onesmall thing can make a big
difference.
And if you don't believe that,try being in the bed at night
with one mosquito.
That one thing can make a bigdifference.
Speaker 2 (29:20):
I love it.
I love it.
It's not the truth, though.
Or we get the horse flies uphere, just the little black
house flies.
Yes, one can make a differenceon whether you sleep or not, and
, yes, the mosquito is even thebetter one I love it.
I love it, you know, but youknow what?
Thank you for this opportunity.
(29:41):
It's been amazing.
I've enjoyed it, it's been somuch fun, and it allows me to
share to to your friends and toyour followers that there is
people out here that stillbelieve happiness is a much more
positive way.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
I love it.
And how can people reach out toyou?
Because now everybody knowseverything will be embedded down
below, but if you're listeningto the podcast, it'll be in the
podcast description, so you canreach out to Santa in any way,
shape or form, on all of hissocial media, but also to reach
out to him personally.
But go ahead and give theinformation out for those that
are listening, because a lot ofpeople listen in their cars or
(30:17):
you know when they're doingsomething else, but then they
can go back and get theinformation later.
Speaker 2 (30:22):
SantaPapaJohncom.
I'm on Santa Papa John on allthe different medias and I'm on
about eight of them right nowand I'm having a blast with that
.
And yeah, it's like, how do youfind time to do it?
You just do it and you uh, youknow you're sharing happiness
and you're creating people'ssmiles, and I've been doing a
lot of networking and it neverfails.
(30:43):
You did the exact thing.
I think I already said thispeople come on to a meeting and
they see me right away.
They get a great big smile andwe need more of that.
And, ladies and gentlemen, ifyou're having a tough time,
remember that you're loved andpeople do care about you and you
know, stepping off that bridgeis not going to create happiness
for you.
It's going to create a lot ofheartache for a lot of different
(31:04):
people and we need to reach outto those people a lot more than
we do, than people realize.
Speaker 1 (31:13):
So I'm going to give you the last minute here to
share your Santa wisdom.
I mean, everything you've saidhas been so amazing and so
profound, so I'm going to giveyou the last minute to share
whatever you want to share foreveryone to be able to feel
amazing after they hit the endof this podcast.
Speaker 2 (31:33):
Well, thank you very much and it has been amazing and
I thank you for this wonderfultime.
But, ladies and gentlemen, justthink of your childhood.
I know some of you has had arough childhood, but there's
times in your life that you knowyou need to be very thankful
for, and you know you need morecheering up.
Get and you know you need morecheering up get a hold of me,
santapapajohncom, or I'm onTikTok under the same you know
(31:57):
Instagram, linkedin, whereverreach out.
I'd love to make a video foryou, your mother, your sister,
your brother, your kids.
Everybody needs a little bit ofcheering up now and then.
Everybody needs a little bit ofcheering up now and then.
And what a way to do it?
By having Santa in your courthelping you encourage some
positivity.
(32:17):
And we need more of that.
And you know it's a lot of funthese days and life can be very
interesting and give you a lotof twists and turns.
But if you start utilizingthose twists and turns to your
advantage, you never know whereyou're going to go.
(32:39):
And remember a dream is just adream until you write it down,
and then it's a goal and we allwant to dream of something
better in our life.
Write it down, because then youhave a goal to strive for and
once you reach that goal, do itagain.
There's no stopping.
Society does not control whoyou are.
(33:00):
You are an army of one and youcontrol your own destiny, and if
Santa could play a part ofencouraging that, I'd love to be
on your team.
So thanks, coach.
This is all.
This has been awesome.
Speaker 1 (33:17):
This was fun.
I really enjoyed having youwith me and and again, I, you
know, I would like to havepeople know too that they can
also find you on Keep On Sharingand they, you know they can
also find all your informationon there too, and we'll have all
those links also availableamong all your other social
media, which is amazing too, sothat we can add in that one.
(33:39):
But I have had so much fun andI really have enjoyed your
spirit and what you've had tooffer and you definitely made me
happy and you started my dayand I'm gonna take this all the
way through, probably the end ofthe month, the week, probably
the end of the month, becausewhen I need that, pick me up,
I'm going to go back and watchthis and, you know, reach out to
(33:59):
you.
So, thank you so much for beingwith us today and doing what
you do and sharing your joy andsharing your love and, yeah,
you're a gift to have someonelike you that presents this
throughout the world.
Speaker 2 (34:12):
Well, thank you very much.
And, of course, we got tofinish off with a big ho, ho, ho
.
Yes, it's the smile that tellsthe story, ladies and gentlemen,
and the smile on this lady'sface.
If you're listening to thispodcast, you need to watch it.
Take a couple minutes and watchit, because the smile tells the
(34:34):
tale and we need more of that,ladies and gentlemen.
And you know, I can honestlysay once again, this has changed
my life and I love doing it.
And the tale keeps changing.
The story keeps changing alittle bit more and more each
day as I meet different peopleand which direction I'm going to
(34:55):
go with it, but the goal isstill create more happiness in
the world.
And, yes, kids say they wantmore presents and they want more
toys.
Well, that's just part of thestory.
To make them happy, and we allneed more happiness.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Well, thank you, santa.
Thank you so much for beingwith us today and, as everyone
knows, all the links are downbelow.
You can find it also embeddedinto the podcast, and I highly
recommend reaching out to Santa.
Bring a little bit of joy,remember that Christmas spirit,
remember that holiday feeling,and bring it with you every day,
you know, and if it's somethingthat you would like to also
(35:37):
implement to the other peoplearound you.
I love this Santa approved idea.
I think that is an amazing ideathat we remind people to have
that holiday joy and thathappiness each and every day.
So thank you, santa, and I lookforward to connecting with you
again.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
Absolutely, coach.
It's been an amazing.
Thank you for a wonderful timeand stay smiling for the rest of
your day.
Santa loves you and hope youhave an awesome day.
Thank you very much.
Bye-bye, bye.
Speaker 1 (36:08):
Thank you guys, thank you so much.
Remember, the most courageousthing you can do is be yourself.
I will look forward to seeingyou on either the next podcast
or our next youtube video.
Until then, see ya.
And actually I'm just gonna saymerry christmas yes, merry
christmas.
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