People who hire a Santa near you in NYC are calling a desk, not a costume shop — Sean Michaels takes the phone and books the hour.
Who answers
Hire Santa NY is the New York City desk for a performer in the red suit. Sean Michaels takes the calls. You get a date, a window, and a Santa who arrives in character. We book apartments, brownstones, company floors, school programs, and private photos across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island, and Long Island in Nassau and Suffolk. We do not cover upstate, New Jersey, Connecticut, or Westchester from this site. A walk-up in the West Village and a den in Garden City use the same phone. The difference is the door, not the suit.
The close-up on this page is Santa with Mrs. Claus if you asked her to join. She is an add-on. Elves and nutcrackers work the same way. Santa is the booking. The rest is extra people in a room you already named.
How a booking works
Have the date, the address, the floor or the driveway, indoor, headcount, and whether you want the real beard or the traditional suit. Traditional is the lower-cost option. Real beard costs more and reads better when phones are close. A doorman building needs a name at the desk. A walk-up needs the floor. A Long Island house needs the number lit. We do not promise a parking space. We quote the minutes.
Christmas Eve after dinner, a Sunday in mid-December, and a weeknight while the tree is still new are the three windows families mean. Company parties want a start the planner will keep. Schools want a gym clock. Photos want a path from the door. See Santa services if you are still picking the room type.
December in this city
Cold. Often gray. Odd snowfall that turns to slush at the curb. Radiators. Coats on hall hooks. A wreath on the apartment door. Wind off the river. Keep the visit inside. We do not promise a white Christmas. We do not run an open house that never ends.
Park Slope, the Upper West Side, Astoria, Riverdale, St. George, Garden City, Huntington — say the neighborhood or the town. Long Island City is Queens. It is not Long Island. The five boroughs and Nassau and Suffolk share this phone.
What we will not claim
No invented years, awards, or “best in the city” lines. No named venues as clients. No prices on this page. Call and we quote the window. December Saturdays go first. A Tuesday in early December is easier.
Call with the date and the door. Call (347) 990-2461