Secrets of Being Santa: Making Santa Suits [Research Process]

Welcome to the Jr. Claus Workshop! We started out with a small video series called “Secrets of Being Santa” here on our KZbin channel. We’ve since moved most of our online content to www.JrClausWorkshop.com where patrons can enjoy links to all of Santa Stuart’s gear, research material, sewing patterns, and recommended Santa shops. There are currently 40+ videos available ranging from Booking and Performance practices to how to have a GREAT looking suit and beard!
ABOUT THIS VIDEO:
Becoming a Santa Claus or wanting to up your game while in the red suit? This video series documents advice to help you on your way to become a stellar performer! From details on how to wear a Santa suit to what you can do to get your name out there, this series will help you on your way to becoming the BEST Santa Claus YOU can be!
McCall's Pattern I used: mccallpattern.mccall.com/m5550
Want a custom robe like the one I made? Contact Angie's Originals: / angies-originals-23879...
Hosted by Stuart Deacon Jr.
Edited by Jordan A. Cutters
About the Host: Stuart Deacon Jr. began performing as a traditional Santa Claus in 2016. Since then, he's found ways to enhance his personal look through utilizing the internet, without breaking the bank. As a Video Production student at BYU-Idaho, Stuart has used his skills to advertise his services, build and manage his own website, create original video content, and stay within a budget. Having always loved Christmas, Stuart has followed in his grandfather's footsteps by putting on the red suit. In 2018, Stuart built his own custom Santa sleigh and is now taking part in and overseeing the development of new costume pieces that are based in part on the Tim Allen Santa suits.
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[@ghostface_cosplayer]

Just started making my suit 1 week ago and it's looking great I bought the tim Allen belt from a leather craft store that makes belts it's starting to look like tim Allen's suit from the movie I had a seamstress to do the embroidery for the gold lining around the cuffs and the bottom fur

[@user-du4se8ul2i]

Hello Stuart, when a watched this video 4 years ago, I had a dream of owning a santa suit, I watched every video on santa as a could, today on December 24 2023 I've finally got one, I'm 14 and when I watched that video I was 10, thank you, without that video i would never have gotten to achieve this goal, i hope this comment finds you well, merry Christmas

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

I'm glad you found these videos helpful. There's also a website with much more indepth videos and tutorials, you're invited to join. www.TheSantaSchool.com

[@JoeTheGre4t]

I’ve wanted to make the jump into being Santa and your videos were the push I needed

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

Check out the complete series with step-by-step instruction and advice on www.jrclausworkshop.com

[@djjonnybong]

I think it'd maybe be helpful to show the work, even if you don't feel it's good, plenty of us out here have less time on the needle n thread. If we see your beginnings, we can have something to aim for and we can gain knowledge as you explain what you figure to do different next time. Thanks again for all your efforts and a huge thank you for all the smiles you make with your Santamission

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

Maybe someday.

[@jamescrenshaw9240]

WOW Santa suit looked GREAT !!

[@STSGuitar16]

I like the color and amount of detail on the Tim Allen suit, but I never liked the puffy fur balls (buttons maybe?) on the front of the suit instead of the fur liner on the front, and I also wasn't fond of how Allen's hat was shaped. I think your suit is definitely more my style, and it was great that you included so many nice details. The Santa suit on the remake of Miracle on 34th Street was probably my favorite, and I can't count the number of times I rewatched that scene of him putting on the suit before he goes out into the department store. I was a die hard santa fanatic as a kid and the Santa Clause movies and Mo34th St were like magic to me. I would even dress up in a santa suit of my own that my mom let me bring home from school (my mom was a kindergarten teacher and had made a small suit that was actually way more detailed than any off-the-shelf suits for their christmas show that the kindergarteners did every year). I seriously wanted to be Santa Claus when I grew up for probably three or four years there when I was a little kid. I was, and in many ways still am, enamored with everything Santa. One day after school around christmas time when I was five or so, my mom had put a little decorative sleigh out in the living room by the fireplace. I immediately realized it was just the right size for five-year-old me, and a few minutes later, I've got my santa suit on and begin role-playing Santa as I so often liked to do. I had the sleigh but still needed a reindeer to attach it to, so of course I go get my partner in crime, my jack russell terrier, Scooter, to play the part of the reindeer. I go and get Scooter's leash, hook him up, and begin rigging him up to my sleigh. As soon as I get done rigging him up to the sleigh, he takes off running through the house without me on board. Loud noises ensue as a jack russell towing a wooden sleigh with metal tracts is chased through the house by a five year old in a full santa outfit. My mother died laughing and still recalls that event to this day, lol. So many good memories. And fear not, your effort in this suit is not wasted, even in small children. I ALWAYS could tell if someone had on a nice, deep red santa suit, or a cheap, bright red, fake-looking one even as a young child. I appreciate your passion, and I'm sure you're part of many young children's special memories as well.

[@MOLLYFORI]

Stuart your videos are wonderful! Moreover, it's obvious you do have the spirit of Santa IN AND OUT OF the red suit! Blessings to you and your Mrs Claus!

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

Thank you , Amalia. I have such fun doing what I do. It's hard work, but comments like yours help with the continual work that these videos require.

[@michaelsorrells6426]

Did Nice job

[@Kikochef0102stl]

Wow I'm so inspired by you. Always wanted to be a gorgeous looking fashion Santa hehe...oh sorry hohoho. Thanks for the tips!

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

No worries! Hope you enjoy what little videos we have on the KZbin channel (there are more on the website of course). I find customizing what you can to suit one's needs is really nice especially when many of the suits out on the market are made in stock. There's nothing better than knowing your suit is YOUR suit and it probably won't fit anyone else. I've been so busy lately producing Season 02 of the Jr. Claus Workshop that I haven't worked at all on my second suit (a Coca - Cola inspired one) in almost a year! In the future I may have the funds to hire a tailor, but right now it's just me and my little sewing machine trying to figure how everything fits together.

[@aayshashaikh76]

Geysuddin

[@atheo1537]

Great video, thank you ❤️

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

You are so welcome!

[@ilovetomorrow]

Good job.

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

Thank you, took a lot of work and it's not the neatest under closer scrutiny, but it does the job!

[@MrWalt66]

never a problem with pant leg coming out of boot... answers elastic stirrups.

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

That is also another creative answer! I used to tape mine down, but the cheap suits I started out with didn't work well with how long my legs were. And my boots aren't knee high like some get-ups have, they're more mid calf. Once in my power, I couldn't resist but make the problem more manageable!

[@MrWalt66]

@@TheSantaClausWorkshop I used to ride Police motorcycles, our britches were made with stirrups, so when I had my suit made it was natural to have stirrups added.

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

@@MrWalt66 Genius.

[@EKIM713]

Cool! Ever thought about making a santa suit for the 12 foot skeleton????

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

No.

[@edawgwalloutdoors]

They make replicas of the Tim Allen suit on the onternet

[@LeKnightStudios13419]

Hey Stuart, what do u think of the suit from the new Disney+ suit, and the Santa itself? Personally the beard was crap on Tim, and much better on Santa 17 lol Your thoughts?

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

You and I would get a long very well.

[@LeKnightStudios13419]

@@TheSantaClausWorkshop Haha, thats nice to hear lol

[@jl6114]

Santa Jack here. Do you have a pattern for your Allen hat?

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

Ooo, great question! That's the one thing I didn't base on an existing pattern. Really it's just a long triangle of fabric and the trim looks the way it does cause I doubled it up (fur on inside as well as outside).

[@thienvunhadichsokinhdich6022]

Merry Christmas 🎄 and happy new year 🎆 2021 Santa Claus 🎅 and grandpa is not home 🏠

[@darkcam4721]

Tim Allen is my favorite Santa !!!

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

He certainly has a great look, though I dunno if his amount of sarcasm is something I would use with the children.

[@travisraposo2506]

What is the best beard brand to buy for a beginner santa ?

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

One that doesn't ruin the magic for spectators.

[@cameronmcallister1111]

your shirt is glowing blue on all the trim

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

Roller skating blacklight! Just kidding, camera settings were all wack so proper coloring was impossible.

[@normancarr3015]

I prefer burgundy and dark velvet

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

I find it a bit more regal than bright scarlet, don't you?

[@1964deuce]

Where did you find the buttons

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

The gentleman who produced these has passed away sadly, but a simple google search on Santa reindeer buttons may turn up some results.

[@LeKnightStudios13419]

Santa Stuart, Since ur a cool person who likes Santa! How do u actually spell Clause??? Bcz I spell it with an “e” and the end but sometimes I see it with no e online. So HOW DO U REALLY SPELL CLAUSE!? or Claus

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

Clause and Claus are two different words. Santa Claus is spelled without an e. "Clause" meaning a separate article or paragraph has an e. Tim Allen's The Santa Clause is a play on words as he became Santa Claus because of The Santa Clause on the card he pulled out. That is why a whole generation of people do not know how to properly distinguish between Santa Claus and the pun intended title of The Santa Clause with Tim Allen.

[@LeKnightStudios13419]

Thx Stuart!!!

[@normancarr3015]

I had an experience last year where one leg of my col a suit pants came out of my left boot and it was captured in a photo at the fire department with a city official.

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

It's a common problem.

[@hondachopper6978]

Stitch a loop of elastic to the bottom. Your foot inside the loop will hold your pants leg down.

[@michaelsorrells4649]

I used another red pant

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

Pants? Paint? I'm confused by what you're attempting to communicate.

[@michaelsorrells6426]

Like red pants from pirates

[@gavinp5940]

You would be better off getting real rabbit pelts for the fur on the suit.

[@TheSantaClausWorkshop]

I now let shy children pet the fur on the sleeve while telling them that the fur used to be the coat of the North Pole Rabbit but now it's Santa's coat. The adults struggle not to laugh.