Here Comes Santa Claus

Last Friday one of the directors of our language school called me and Alex into the office to ask us an important question -- "would Alex be willing to be Santa for 200+ primary school children on Monday morning?" Heck yes he would. The suit was awesome, although the beard, wig and gloves were all a bit damp from a recent washing. Once Alex was fully dressed with a pillow to give some bulk around the middle he was almost unrecognizable. Our roommate Alana and her boyfriend Antonio joined us for the fun.

The kids were totally adorable, especially the young ones, who really thought it was Santa (Alex had to eat his snack behind one of the backdrops so they wouldn't see him without his beard). The older kids were a little more skeptical. One class of kids was convinced that Alex was "Maestro Tony," their gringo English teacher. They also wanted to know why Alex was wearing Converse. He told them he'd left his boots up in the North Pole because they're obviously too warm for Oaxaca. Alex played the part perfectly and I spent the whole time taking pictures. Here are a couple of teasers (the rest of the photos are on my Flickr site):