Psychic Santa

Psychic Santa

By Dave Arch As a child, I had an experience that stayed with me for decades. It happened at Knott’s Berry Farm in California when I approached a jail cell window in a reproduction of an old west town. As I peered through the bars of the jail an animatronic prisoner called me by name and began to ask me questions that I was confident only I knew. The experience hit me viscerally and has lingered for fifty years deep in my long-term memory. I want other children to have that same extraordinary experience. I want them to approach Santa at a mall and have him call them by name. As they sit on his lap, I want him to tell them what he thinks they want for Christmas rather than the other way around. As an adult, I now realize that the Knott’s Berry Farm illusion was as simple as my parents talking to someone while I was staring in the jail’s window – having the fellow on the microphone then speak to me through the prisoner’s mechanical mouth.

With a wireless earpieces and hidden microphone, giving this experience to a child would be oh so easy for a two- person team. A mall near you might just be looking for a way to differentiate their Santa from all the others in the area. I encourage you to Google the phrase “spy bluetooth earpiece” and begin to dream of the possibilities.

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