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that he wasn’t sure how he landed the gig — which he worked for a lone holiday season at age 24 — or why the mall was “dumb enough” to hire him.He continued, “First of all, I was smoking like two packs a day, and I’m sure the kids really enjoyed Santa’s smoker breath. So every 10 minutes I was like, ‘Can I have a break and go get a cigarette?’”that he got the gig when he was a “wannabe actor” fresh out of college and it was “way before” he had kids of his own.
He recently told EW that at least a third of children who visited him when he was a mall Santa “were terrified of this smelly dude in this weird outfit with this giant beard.”“It was one of those where you charge 10 bucks for the Polaroid or whatever. It is for the parents. The parents want to have that experience and they want that picture,” the actor said.
Simmons said he feels that he’s come “full circle” as he’s been entrusted to play a “really wonderful version” of Saint Nick in the newly-released holiday movie.Would you help us provide essential information to our readers during this critical time?. We view our mission to provide free, fair news as critically important in this crucial moment, and we can't do it without you.
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