Santa 'brotherhood' keeps Christmas spirit alive all year

It's quite a sight: 25 grown men with full white beards, plump bellies and red suits, eating at the Golden Corral in Cary. They belong to Triangle Santa Buddies, and they play the role in parades and Christmas events. The members of the group support each other, saying they are part of a Santa brotherhood. For them, Christmas spirit lasts all year.
Posted 11/15/2012, 11:29:16 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:49:23 PM

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>>> SATURDAY IS THE RALEIGH

CHRISTMAS PARADE AND YOU KNOW

WHO WILL BE THERE, SANTA

CLAUS, OF COURSE!

HE IS GETTING AROUND A LOT

THESE DAYS.

>> YES.

IN CARY SCOTT MASON FINDS MORE

THAN HE BARGAINED FOR

>> Reporter: HERE COMES

SANTA CLAUS, HERE COMES SANTA

CLAUS, RIGHT DOWN SANTA CLAUS

LANE

>> IT IS A ROOM FULL OF WHITE

BEARDS AND PLUMP BELLIES, AND

THEY ALL SHARE THE SAME NAME.

>> I NEVER GO ANYWHERE THAT I

AM NOT RECOGNIZED AS SANTA

CLAUS.

>> HO-HO-HO, MERRY CHRISTMAS!

>> Reporter: THEY EXCHANGE

IDEAS.

>> WE EXCHANGE IDEAS, FIND OUT

WHAT WE ARE DOING WRONG AND TRY

TO DO BETTER.

>> IT IS A JOLLY GOOD TIME.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN BELIEVE

THAT!

>> I LOVE BEING A SANTA.

IT IS THE GREATEST CALLING

THERE POSSIBLY COULD BE.

>> IT IS A CHRISTMAS GIFT I

GIVE MYSELF EVERY YEAR.

>> Reporter: BUT THEY ARE

SANTAS ALL YEAR EVERY YEAR.

THE BEARDS ARE GENUINE AND SO

ARE THE SMILES.

>> DO YOU EVER HAVE PEOPLE

COMING UP TO YOU AND SAYING YOU

LOOK LIKE SANTA?

>> THAT IS THE BEST PART.

>> Reporter: DOES IN A MEAN ON

DECEMBER 26th WE ARE SUPPOSED

TO BE SOUR PUSSES?

OH, NO.

I GUESS THAT MEANS YOU ARE

ALWAYS IN A GOOD SPIRIT?

>> THAT IS RIGHT, ESPECIALLY

WHEN YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL MRS.

KLAUS WITH YOU.

>> Reporter: BUT IF ONLINE

HAPPINESS WAS AROUND, OR

INNOCENCE ETERNAL.

>> WHEN THEY TELL THEIR STORIES

IT BRING AS TEAR TO YOUR EYES.

>> Reporter: THESE SANTAS VISIT

HOSPITAL, APPEAR AT PARTIES

AND TAKE PART IN PARADES.

>> ISN'T THAT SANTA'S JOB TO

HELP SPREAD THE CHRISTMAS

SPIRIT?

>> Reporter: SANTA HAS BEEN

SPREADING THAT SPIRIT FOR A

LONG TIME.

>> I AM 1,742 YEARS OLD WITH

THE SAME LOOK.

>> Reporter: BUT SANTA NEVER

GROSS OLD.

>> ENTHUSIASM AND ENERGY AND

JOY!

IT IS FOR ALL OF US.

>> Reporter: MERRY CHRISTMAS,

SANTA, AND SANTA, AND SANTA.

SANTA HAS CERTAINLY BEEN GOOD

TO YOU.

SANTA CLAUS COMES TONIGHT!

>> YOU CAN'T TELL WHICH IS THE

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