A professional Santa from Nottinghamshire has shared the truth behind 'one of the best jobs ever'. Jack Griffin, 26, from Gotham, has described what it is like to work as a paid Father Christmas and how he begins his Christmas half way through the year.
The performer, who has been a professional St Nick for the last six years, previously worked in holiday parks and abroad before making his passion for the festive season his job. "It's one of the best jobs ever, I have been doing it for six years now and every year it gets bigger, better, and busier. I started when I was 20, so I was an extremely young Santa," Mr Griffin said.
"I worked around all the holiday parks and abroad as a performer and singer, and Christmas has always been a really big thing in my family so it just started off one year with a cheap suit and doing it with family and friends and I just caught the bug for it. Over the last six years I have invested a ridiculous amount of money really into suits, wigs, beards and moustaches and I work closely with some really good Santas across the UK - it's just so fun it's something for the family and the kids absolutely love it.
