Families who will spend Christmas with relatives out of state can still have a Santa house call in Dallas by choosing an evening in the first weeks of December. Set the tree up first so the living room already looks like Christmas when he walks in. Tell the children, in a simple cheerful way, that Santa is coming early because the family will be away.
An Evening Before the Suitcases Come Out
Pick an evening in early or mid December, a few days before the trip, so the visit is not squeezed onto packing night. The tree should already be up and the house decorated, which lets the hour feel like Christmas at home even though the holiday itself will happen somewhere else. Children remember the living room they already live in, and packing can wait until the next night.
Hire Santa Dallas books that evening as Santa home visits, not as a different kind of appearance. Santa arrives in the full red suit, boots and belt, sits by the tree, and leaves while you still have days at home. The same room and door planning you would use later in the month still applies; see getting the house ready for Santa for the path from the front hall to the tree.
Gifts, What You Tell the Children, and Photos
Santa can hand the children one or two labeled gifts that evening, and the rest can wait for the trip. Keep those early gifts with a grown-up until he comes in, the same way you would on any other night. The rest of Christmas can wait for the relatives you are going to see.
Photos by the family’s own tree travel well on a phone, and relatives who will host you later like seeing the children in the room they know. A real bearded Santa is the choice for close-up photos; traditional Santa, in the traditional suit with a full styled beard, is the lower-cost choice. Mrs. Claus can join once as an add-on if you want her in those pictures too.
What to Share When You Call
Tell us the date the family leaves and the evenings that work before then. Families call from University Park, Lake Highlands, Frisco and Coppell with that pair of facts, plus how many children will be in the room. If the line is busy, call us through the contact page and leave the leaving date so we can match an evening that still sits before the trip.
Keep the tree, the names, and a grown-up with the labeled gifts, the same as any other evening at home. The form at the bottom will take the leaving date and the evenings you can do if you would rather type than talk. Leave a jacket on the hook by the front hall if the evening is cool, then bring the children into the living room when he arrives.
University Park, Lake Highlands, Frisco and Coppell families use this early evening with the tree up, names ready, and a grown-up holding one or two labeled gifts. Santa sits by that tree in the full red suit, boots and belt. The trip can wait until the bags actually go out the door the next morning instead.
One or two labeled gifts that night are enough if the rest will wait until you arrive at the relatives’ house. Traditional Santa is the lower-cost choice for that early evening. A real bearded Santa is the choice for close-up photos by your own tree.