Breakfast with Santa:
The Morning They’ll Never Forget.
Restaurants, HOAs, country clubs, and community groups — a Breakfast with Santa event is one of the most loved holiday traditions you can create. We know how to structure the moment from the first pancake to the final photo.
How to Run a Breakfast with Santa the Right Way
Families sit down, the pancakes arrive, and somewhere between the orange juice and the scrambled eggs, the door opens. Santa walks in. Every child in the room stops mid-bite. That’s the moment a Breakfast with Santa is really about — and we’ve been delivering it since 1972.
A successful Breakfast with Santa requires more than booking a man in a red suit. It requires a Santa who understands the timing of the room, who can move table to table without the experience feeling rushed, who knows how to kneel down to a shy two-year-old and how to keep a rowdy table of six-year-olds engaged without derailing the whole event. Our Santas know how to read a crowd and work a room.
Whether you’re hosting 40 families at a community clubhouse or 300 guests at a hotel ballroom, we’ll match you with a Santa who has the experience to carry the event. We’ve supported everything from intimate HOA brunches to large-scale resort holiday experiences. The standard we hold is the same regardless of guest count.
What’s Included
- Fully costumed, professional Santa Claus with real beard preferred
- Table visits throughout the event — no long stationary line required
- Personalized interactions with each child at the table
- Photo-friendly positioning and patience with photo setups
- Flexibility to coordinate with your event schedule and MC
- Insurance documentation available for venue requirements
Who This Is For
Breakfast with Santa events work beautifully for country clubs, HOAs, apartment communities, churches, school PTAs, corporate family holiday events, hotels, restaurants, and community organizations. If you have families with young children and want to create a memory that parents will still talk about years from now, a Santa breakfast is the right move. Our clients include organizations hosting their first-ever event and groups who’ve been running annual Santa breakfasts for decades.
Frequently Asked Questions
For weekend breakfast events in November and December, we recommend booking 6–8 weeks in advance. Prime weekend dates — particularly early December Saturdays — fill quickly. We can often accommodate shorter timelines, but early booking gives you the best selection of available Santas in your market.
We book Santa by the hour, so the duration is entirely up to you. Most Breakfast with Santa events book Santa for 1.5 to 2 hours. Some organizations prefer Santa to arrive mid-meal for maximum impact; others like Santa present from the start. We’ll work with whatever format your event calls for.
Yes. Santa Claus and Company has been placing professional Santas nationwide since 1972. We have established relationships with vetted, professional performers across the country. Tell us your zip code and we’ll let you know our availability in your market.