✨ America's #1, Real Bearded, Celebrity Santa, “National Santa,” will truly Make your event spectacular.  Whether he is visiting with children and families, or presiding over a Tree Lighting Ceremony, National Santa adds sparkle and excitement to any event.

Based in New York City during the Christmas Season, National Santa works all over the United States and even overseas.  With more than five decades of wearing the Red Suit, (trimmed with hundreds of Swarovski Crystals) he creates magic at any party, media event, live performance, commercial, broadcast, or special occasion.  From company and corporate parties to nationally televised tree lightings, to appearing with Mariah Carey in her Holiday Concerts at MSG, National Santa has done it all.

You have seen him on over seventy-five television shows and specials, plus motion pictures, and hundreds of media interviews.  During the Holiday Season he resides at the Marriott Marquis on Time Square, his base for NYC media, corporate and family events with clients such as ABC/Disney, Fox News, Paramount/CBS, NBC/Universal, NYSE, American Express, Hallmark Channel and others. 

National Santa has appeared in commercials and advertisements and served as a celebrity spokesperson for brands including Amazon, Abbot Laboratories, Auntie-Annes Pretzels, Coca-Cola, Dannon, Hallmark, Hershey’s, J.C. Penney, Kraft Foods, Macy’s, Marriott, McDonald’s, Microsoft, Nabisco, Old Navy, Oreo, Target, Planter’s, Ritz, Sam’s Club, Swiss-Com, Southwest Airlines, Tiffany’s, Walmart, White Castle, among others.

His title “National Santa” was an honor given him by the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Foundation where he still volunteers annually. He also supports the Langenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU, Tunnel to Towers, disaster relief, and events like Magical Maui Christmas. From 2004 to 2023, he was the Official Santa for the Hollywood Christmas Parade. In 2011, he was inducted into the International Santa Claus Hall of Fame and

A 24-7-365 Santa, Connaghan also directs the International University of Santa Claus, where over 5,700 Santas and Mrs. Claus have completed training in the last 23 years.   And in his spare time, he does Virtual Visits, Cameo Calls and hosts the national, "Santa has a Podcast,' which is distributed on many popular social media platforms.