2019 Inductees

Class of 2019 – December 22, 2019

Frank Manjack

Frank Manjack

"Grand Rapids’ Santa Claus" Grand Rapids, Michigan 1919 - 1995 International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2019 For nearly five decades, one man was Santa Claus to the ...
Craig Imboden

Craig Imboden

"Conway Santa" Conway, Arkansas 1971 - Current International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2019 For many years, Craig Imboden has been bringing happiness, and smiles to Arkansas as ...
Michael J. Rielly

Michael J. Rielly

"Rhode Island’s Santa Legacy"
Bristol, Rhode Island
1963 - Current International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2019 In 1971, with a little help from his grandfather James D. Rielly, ...
Craig Imboden

Jerry Owens

"Santa from the Heart" New Albany, Indiana 1951 - Current International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2019 Jerry Owens retired after 37 years with the Department of Veterans ...
Thomas Sheerin

Thomas Sheerin

"Weymouth Santa" Weymouth, Massachusetts 1952 - Current International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2019 If anyone know that it takes more than a red suit to be Santa ...
Susen Mesco

Susen Mesco

"Santa and Mrs. Claus Educator" Denver, Colorado 1957 - Current International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2019 Susen Mesco has spent decades donning the unmistakable suit of Mrs ...
Gordon Bailey

Gordon Bailey

"Business of Being Santa" Greenfield, Missouri 1955 - Current International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2019 Santa Gordon Bailey is the originator of the Santa and the Business ...
Ron Campbell

Ron Campbell

"Raleigh’s Santa Claus" Raleigh, North Carolina 1947 - Current International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2019 Ron Campbell was an 18-year-old college freshman when he answered an ad ...
John and Joan Wilder

John and Joan Wilder

"Tennessee's first couple of Christmas" Sevierville, Tennessee 1955 - Current 1954 - Current International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2019 Santa John Wilder‘s first year to be Santa ...
Everett Johnson

Everett Johnson

"Keeping Tennessee’s Santa Tradition" Knoxville, Tennessee 1944 - Current International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2019 A grandson. That is how Everette Johnson became Santa Claus. At the ...
Elizabeth W. Babcock

Elizabeth W. Babcock

"Keeping Santa in Stitches" Albion, New York 1914- 2006 International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2019 For over thirty years, Elizabeth Babcock made Santa Claus Suits that were ...
Bill Robinson

Bill Robinson

"Keeping Children Happy" New York City, New York 1878- 1949 International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2019 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson was an American tap dancer and actor, the best known ...
Thomas Carmody

Thomas Carmody

"Santa’s Friend" Broomfield, Colorado 1943- Current International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2019 Santa Tom Carmody has more than a dozen years of varied Santa experience under his ...