Ok, I’m going to be one of THOSE mothers. The Cutest Baby in the World (cite) simply MUST have an authentic, rosy-cheeked, senior citizen, non-nylon bearded Santa that she can scream in fear and run away from, and possibly even vomit on, if we’re *really *lucky.
But, of course, I feel rude calling up various malls and asking, “Does your Santa suck?” Of course they’ll say no. Then I’ll get TCBitW all dressed up and drive over and fight mall traffic and find parking only to find a 24 year old swimmer wearing pillows and a plastic beard.
Is there a Santa-rating website? Or Chicagoland Dopers who’ve scoped out local Santas? fessie, have the twins been out for their annual Fear the White Man photo?
Shoot, WhyNot, sorry I missed this earlier! We’re not in Chicago anymore, but I do have some great girlfriends there & I know they could give you some recommendations - problem is, I wacked out my system yesterday & lost all my bookmarks & most of my signins. So I can’t reach my girlfriends!
But if you’re still looking for a lead, I’ll post one when I can!
We did take the twins to see Santa, at my Aunt’s church in Indianapolis - they had a breakfast w/the red one deal, it was cute & very low-key.