(pic from Flickr user Bart Fields)

Ever wanted to be a Santa? Well now you can get Santa basic training! Welcome to the Charles W. Howard Santa School. Established in 1937, this Santa School in Michigan teaches students everything from the history of Santa to personal hygiene to how to set kids correctly on their knees and keep their hands up on top and visible. There are also classes for singing, storytelling and dancing.

I haven't seen singing, dancing and storytelling santas since and old Fred Astaire movie. Can you imagine how our malls would look with such happy and clever santas? Be a santa....happy santa....jolly santa give the world a Merry Christmas be a Santa Claus. (yes I have been singing Christmas songs through the halls today)

-Shelly Knight