Dangerous Incorporated
12-19-2006, 12:14 PM
Disney Tells Santa Twin To Get Out Of Park
When James Worley paid a visit to Disney World in Florida his stout frame and white beard had kids asking: "Are you Santa Claus?".
Not wanting to disappoint, old man Worley, played along and gave some "ho-ho-hos".
But he soon found himself in trouble with Disney officials, who came to meet him and told him to stop the impersonation or get out of the park. Apparently, saying they wanted to preserve the magic of Santa.
Worley took off his red hat and red shirt and said: "I look this way 24/7, 365 days a year. This is me". But even after the request to change his appearance, children continued to ask if he was Santa. "How do you tell a little kid, 'No, go away, little kid'", Worley tells a local television station.
He said Disney told him "Santa was considered a Disney character".
Disney says it had its own Santa at Epcot and Mr Worley was "confusing" the children.
Source: TNV
When James Worley paid a visit to Disney World in Florida his stout frame and white beard had kids asking: "Are you Santa Claus?".
Not wanting to disappoint, old man Worley, played along and gave some "ho-ho-hos".
But he soon found himself in trouble with Disney officials, who came to meet him and told him to stop the impersonation or get out of the park. Apparently, saying they wanted to preserve the magic of Santa.
Worley took off his red hat and red shirt and said: "I look this way 24/7, 365 days a year. This is me". But even after the request to change his appearance, children continued to ask if he was Santa. "How do you tell a little kid, 'No, go away, little kid'", Worley tells a local television station.
He said Disney told him "Santa was considered a Disney character".
Disney says it had its own Santa at Epcot and Mr Worley was "confusing" the children.
Source: TNV