Unruly children and disrespectful parents are killing the appeal of playing Santa.
Rude children and long hours are fuelling a Father Christmas shortage in France as men increasingly refuse to take on the jolly white-bearded role.
Playing Father Christmas – or Père Noël in French – “no longer appeals to anyone, either in terms of the human experience or for the CV”, he said.“People don’t particularly want to work with children any more. The festive spirit is being lost,” he said. “It’s hard to find replacements, even though it pays well,” Bartoll said, despite some of her Father Christmases earning several thousand euros a week. “But you have to find them. It’s a very special role. You can’t give it to just anyone.Frederick Manzorro, a professional Father Christmas for the past six years in the Lyon area, said he was doing a roaring trade and had to turn down 30 requests this winter. But he said it wasn’t for the faint-hearted.
“We’re using every possible communication channel. We started looking as early as October, but it’s no use – there’s no interest any more,” one unnamed manager was cited as saying.
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