100 Skiing Santas? Lies for Parents on ‘Dress Like Santa Day’
Posted by: Feet Banks
The premise of the day is both simple and awesome: On December 19, 2015 the first 100 people to dress up like Santa and show up at the Garibaldi Lift Company will ski or ride for free.
The long-running (and neutrally named) “Dress Like Santa Day” is a fun way to kick off the holiday season and is open to any skiers or boarders who come in a decent Santa or Mrs Claus costume (a hat alone will not do it buddy, sorry). For some it’s a free day on the hill, for others another excuse to wear a costume and ski.
But what about all the kids that see 95+ Santas ripping around in a pack (some of them in drag) and start to doubt their whole belief system? To help a parent out, The Insider has compiled this list of semi-plausible rationalizations that should appease most kids. Good luck!
1. “Those are Clones.”
With the new Star Wars movie coming up you might be able to chock up 100 extra Santas as a clone/marketing initiative from Disney/Lucasfilm. The Santas are just Christmas storm troopers.
2. “Those are Santa’s Kids.”
He puts them in Snow School this time of year because he is super busy getting the presents ready. The “kids” look big but compared to the jolly old elf himself they are actually small.
(Warning: This one could lead to more questions you don’t wanna answer.)
3. “Those are Understudies.”
This one will require an explanation of how theatre works but it is possible that Santa would have a fleet of back-up Santa’s just in case he gets hurt or something. I guess the ski day would be like their day off or a team-building exercise.
4. “This is How Santa Dries His Laundry.”
Santa is very environmentally conscious and rather than dryclean his back up suits he “freeze-dry cleans” them. Basically paying people to rip around in the pure mountain air until the suits smell as fresh as a new snowfall.
5. “The Truth”
Those are just people who don’t have a seasons pass but do, randomly, have a Santa or Mrs Claus suit. So it’s just a bunch of people getting a free day on the hill to help build the stoke and spirit of the holidays. (Note we didn’t say “the whole truth.”)
Dress Like Santa Day is December 19, 2015 but Whistler is amazing every other day of the winter too – see why at Whistler.com
Article source: http://www.whistler.com/blog/post/2015/12/14/ski-with-santa-day-whistler.aspx
