I first appeared as Kris Kringle in a 2002 production of Miracles On 24th Street at the Oak Street Playhouse in Chattanooga. For the next several years I limited myself to several private events.

In 2007I was the Santa aat the Chattanooga Choo Choo. This required my attendance every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I enjoyed this work and I decided to become a Mall Santa. For the next 2 seasons I was at the Malls in Elizabethtown KY and Anderson SC.

In order to stay close to home, I opened Santa’s NorthShore Workshop in 2010. This was a store front operation for pictures with Santa in the North Shore District of Chattanooga. After 2 seasons I was invited to move my business intoKnit ting Mill Antiques on the North Shore.

After our fourth season at this location the building was sold and redecorated and we moved in Burlap & Board in another North Shore location. This business closed one year later. As a result, I specialized in private events for the 2017 Seaso0 in.

I completed the School4Santa program in Atlanta in 2010 and again in Chattanooga in 2015.

I am a Life Member in thIBRBS – International Brotherhood of Real Beard Santas.