Father Christmas
for hire
An experienced Father Christmas for your Christmas drinks, Christmas market, shop or children's party. We arrange him and make sure his visit fits in with the rest of the programme.
Hire Father Christmas without having to search yourself
Hiring Father Christmas seems simple: a red suit, a beard and a sack of presents. In practice you'll soon notice the difference between someone who does this regularly and someone trying it for the first time. A good Father Christmas knows how to put a shy child at ease, how long to stay with a group and how to work through a queue of twenty families properly.
We arrange an experienced Father Christmas and agree with you when he arrives, what he does and who hands out what, so the visit fits the rest of your programme. You have one point of contact, including when a game or activity of ours is part of it.
- An experienced Father Christmas
- For drinks, Christmas markets, shops and children's parties
- Can be combined with one of our Christmas activities
- One point of contact for the whole day
Hire Father Christmas for four kinds of occasion
Christmas drinks or Christmas party
A short entrance during the drinks, with a present for everyone or a few teasing remarks about the department. Works best as a short moment in the evening.
Christmas market
A fixed spot by a stall or on a decorated chair, with children queuing for a photo. Here he stays longer, with breaks in between, because an afternoon in that suit is hard work.
Shop or shopping centre
A Father Christmas walking around or sitting in a fixed spot draws families inside. Combine it with a photo moment, and visitors take home something they'll share.
Children's party
A Christmas party for the children of staff or club members. Father Christmas hands out presents, and every child gets a moment with him. Calmer than a Sinterklaas party, because there's no book involved.
Father Christmas as part of the programme
Hiring Father Christmas on his own is perfectly fine. But he's often at his best when he walks in during something else. At drinks after the first round, at a children's party once the games are over and everyone's back at the table. Then there's a reason for him to be there, and it feels less like an act popping in.
For companies we organise Christmas drinks with games or a quiz, and Father Christmas can hand out the prizes there. For families and clubs there are our Christmas activities, such as a Christmas scavenger hunt where the children find Father Christmas at the finish.
At a Christmas market or in a shop, a fixed photo spot helps. A chair, a Christmas tree and good lighting, so parents can take a nice photo themselves. If you want to go bigger, add a photographer or a photo booth.
Book early and talk the day through
After Sinterklaas there are only three weeks until Christmas, and in those weeks almost everyone wants Father Christmas at the same time. The weekends and the last days before Christmas fill up first. Secure the date as soon as you know it.
We also agree who arranges the presents and how they're labelled, where Father Christmas can change and where he can sit down for a while in between. At an outdoor market, a warm place for his break isn't a luxury. With children, we want to know in advance roughly how many there will be and how old they are, so he has enough time for each child.
We work throughout the Netherlands, from Enschede. You'll get the price after a short enquiry, within one working day.
Frequently asked questions
When should you book Father Christmas?
As early as possible, especially for the weekends in December and the days just before Christmas. After Sinterklaas everyone wants Father Christmas at the same time, and those three weeks fill up quickly. A weekday afternoon gives you more room.
Do you come as Father Christmas yourselves?
No, we arrange Father Christmas, with someone who has done this before. We fit it around the rest of your programme and are the point of contact. If a game or activity of ours is part of it, everything is in one schedule.
What does Father Christmas do at a Christmas market or in a shop?
Usually he sits in a fixed spot where children come by for a chat and a photo, and walks round now and then. Sometimes he hands something out, like a bag of sweets or a card for a game. We agree that in advance, as well as the breaks.
What does it cost to hire Father Christmas?
That depends on the date, how long he stays and how far he has to travel. An hour on a weekday afternoon is cheaper than a whole Saturday at a Christmas market. You'll get the price after a short enquiry, within one working day.
When should Father Christmas come?
Tell us the date, the place and what he needs to do, and we'll check what's possible within one working day.
Father Christmas at your party
Tell us when and where, and we'll arrange Father Christmas and help you plan the rest of the programme.