[Overpaid Slacker]

I hadn't done it in a while, but last year the then-girlfriend's boss asked her to ask me to be Santa for a company party hosted at their restaurant.
I was a bit hesitant, not wanting some cheesy outfit and hours of boredom... then he mentioned "money no object" for the costume, and that (1) the party had an open bar to which I was invited after the gift-giving and (2) the restaurant's party was the next night, to which I would also be invited.


So I got the best Santa costume ever, put my drinking liver on, and Santa'd the Hell out of them. The host of the party/owner of the company slipped me $200.

I loved it; and people react very positively to drunk Santa doing the "Running Man" and the "Roger Rabbit", and I was invited in to other parties going on at the restaurant for the rest of the night.

The only issue: with all the ladies wanting to sit on Santa's lap, the then (now ex-) girlfriend was fuming; glowering at me from the doorway to whatever room I was Santifying (no "c" in that word, but there could be). She's one of those girls that think that every other woman is out to get me.

She's right, of course, but I was never going to tell her.

I'd do it again in a heartbeat, as I kept most of the costume. Heh.

JP