Frequently asked.

Holiday season dates fill up fast, especially December, and especially weekends. Booking 2-4 months in advance is recommended. Use the contact page to ask about flexibility in scheduling.

Greater Charlotte area, including Matthews, Monroe, Indian Trail, Waxhaw, Mineral Springs, Pineville, Indian Land, Ft. Mill, Steele Creek, Belmont, South Park, Dilworth, Myers Park, Eastover, Chantilly, Elizabeth, Belmont, Mint Hill, Harrisburg, University, Locust, Midland. Santa flies all over - contact me if you are unsure!

A Home visit is where you have a specific group of children (doesn't have to be in a home) that I spend time with, and we have Christmas fun. I'll make an entry, we'll tell stories, play games, sing songs, and maybe I can hand out some gifts you provide me. Other visits are more picture-centered, such as an HOA gathering, where families will arrive during the visit time to get pictures with Santa. Santa will spend time with each child as he or she comes for their picture, perhaps telling me what they would like for Christmas. Still other visits might be in a setting such as a school or hospital, where Santa does the walking from place to place to visit people or groups where they are. Please let me know what you have in mind, and we can decide what will be the most enjoyable!

Typical home visits last between 20-40 minutes depending on the size of the group and the activities we do. Visits centered on pictures might last longer. Events longer than 1 hour will be priced accordingly. Please let me know of your time constraints or expectations.

See the Helpful Hints page. Santa will need a place to park nearby, to have everyone in place and ready for his entrance, have the air conditioning on, have a sturdy chair in a place suitable for photos. If you're providing me gifts to hand to the children, ensure each one is wrapped (not a gift bag) and labeled.

If you would like Santa to hand out gifts, you will be responsible for a) ensuring that every child get a gift, b) each gift is wrapped (no gift bags) and clearly labeled, and c) telling me where they all are so that I can put them in my toy bag upon arrival and before my entrance. Please see the Helpful Hints page.

Yes! If you need the paperwork, please ask during the booking process and I will provide them.

Santa Strickland accepts Zelle, cash, and credit card. Note that a fee will be added to credit card payments. See details on the booking page.

Santa will need at least two weeks' notice, or my Head Elf must mark you on the Naughty List. If you reschedule ahead of two weeks, Santa will refund monies paid to date, or will apply it to the charge for the new date. Note that rates may differ depending on the new date chosen.

Generally Santa wants to keep his suit nice and his reputation pure. See the Helpful Hints page.

Please use my contact page to ask any question you need.