Hello, we are John and Linda Kittredge and we have been married for 46 years. We currently live in Binghamton, NY. Linda is a retired Administrative Assistant from the Binghamton City School District, and John is a retired construction estimator. We have always tried to make Christmastime a magical and joyous experience for our children, and more recently our grandchildren. Our youngest grandchild came to us last year after visiting Santa and was very disappointed. In his own words, he said "I didn't like seeing that mans black mustache under that cotton thing on his face." That was the moment that we decided that we wanted to make a child's encounter with Santa the most real experience they could imagine.

In October of 2019, we attended the Charles W. Howard Santa School in Midland, Michigan. We met many real-bearded Santa's and Santa helpers from all over the world. In addition to our school certification, John is also a certified member of the International Brotherhood of Real-Bearded Santas.