Dressed as Father Christmas, the distinctive and white-bearded Peter Georgi, 72, has brought smiles to the faces of children at Berlin's high-end KaDeWe department store for 13 years and was a familiar sight around the city. But four weeks before Christmas and 10 days before the start of Germany's festive Advent season, the store told the freelance Saint Nicholas he was being replaced.
"I almost dropped to the
floor when I got the call," he told NBC News on Monday. "You know, I do
not play Santa Claus, I am Santa Claus -- 1,000 percent. That is my
life!"
The store said in a
statement that at "over 70, even a Santa Claus is allowed to go into
well-deserved retirement ... because with over 100,000 visitors per day
you have to be in good shape, in order to cope with the Christmas rush."
The statement did not elaborate on why Georgi's services were no longer
required.
source: http://www.nbcnews.com
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