Alumni Association

Living members of the International Santa Claus Hall of Fame are automatically entered into the Hall’s Alumni Association. The function of the association is to act as goodwill ambassadors for the International Santa Claus Hall of Fame and help in the selection process of future nominees. The International Santa Claus Hall of Fame Alumni Association shall have one representative to act as a yearly director of the association.

Phillip L. Wenz

"Santa from Santa's Village"
Dundee, Illinois
1962 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame Charter Member - December 2010
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Brady White

"Santa to the Stars"
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
1949 - 2023 International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - Class of 2011 Brady White ...

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Joseph Marquis

"Detroit's Super Santa"
Detroit, Michigan
1949 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - Class of 2011
Fr. Joseph ...

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Dan Rowe

"Richmond's Legendary Santa" Richmond, Virginia 1927 - 2020 International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - Class of 2011 During the ...

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Tom Valent

"Santa Claus School Traditions"
Midland, Michigan
1950 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - Class of 2011
The ...

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Tim Connaghan

"Santa Hollywood"
Hollywood, California
1948 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - Class of 2011
From his first ...

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Cliff Snider

"Keeping Christ in Christmas"
High Point, North Carolina
1947 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2012
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Carl Anderson

"Lone Star Santa"
Austin, Texas
1953 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2012
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Jim Morrison

"Christmas Memories with Santa Jr."
Paradise, Pennsylvania
1939 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2012
Jim ...

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Charles Edward Hall

"Radio City Santa"
New York, New York
1951 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2012
One ...

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Mary Ida Doan

"Michigan's Mrs. Claus"
Bay City, Michigan
1938 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2012
It is ...

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Ed Butchart

"Stone Mountain Santa"
Stone Mountain, Georgia
1935 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2013
Ed Butchart’s ...

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Bruce Templeton

"Rotary International Santa"
St. John’s, Newfoundland
1945 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2014
For over ...

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Sam Militello

"Santa Suits and Reindeer"
St. Clair, Michigan
1948 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2014
For ...

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Ron Robertson

"Santa Claus Emeritus"
San Juan Capistrano, California
1943 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2014
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Tim Cavender

"Ball Ground’s Premier Santa"
Ball Ground, Georgia
1958 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2014
Georgia ...

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Pat Koch

"Santa’s Daughter"
Santa Claus, Indiana
1931 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2015
The daughter of ...

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Ed Asner

"Santa in the Movies"
Los Angeles, California
1929 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame Charter Member - December ...

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John Buckreis

"St. Nicholas of the 21st Century"
Merrifield, Virginia
1930 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2016
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James Dyer

"The Pastoral Santa"
Wake Forest, North Carolina
1946 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2016
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Richard Brookins

"The American St. Nick" Rochester, New York 1922 - 2018 International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2016 Richard ...

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Robert “Bob” Elkin

"Organizational Santa"
Tampa, Florida USA
1941 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2017
With the beard ...

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Carl Immediato

"Santa Carlucci-The Godfather of Christmas"
Bloomington, Minnesota USA
1947 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2017
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Dutch Schrap

"Operation Nine Reindeer"
Douglassville, Pennsylvania USA
1974 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2017
From an ...

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Stephen F. Gillham

"Smart Santa"
Chapel Hill, North Carolina USA
1955 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2017
Stephen ...

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Timothy Mack

"Santa Cares"
Santa Claus, Indiana USA
1953 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2017
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Leon A. McBryde

"Santa Noel"
Buchanan, Virginia USA
1943 - Current
International Santa Claus Hall of Fame - December 2017
Leon first donned ...

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