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Santa Masks

Although we’ve focused on Santa costumes and Santa beards and wigs over the past few weeks, and will begin to discuss some of the Santa accessories etc. over the next few weeks; today we discuss Santa masks.

We never carried Santa masks when we had a brick and mortar business although the qualities of some of the masks were absolutely great.

As great as they were, they were expressionless, unless of course you consider one permanent expression as an expression.  Even the youngest of children will recognize that a mask is not a face, even though they may not even know what a mask is.

Little of Santa’s face is seen behind a wig and beard, but his eyes are fully visible (not partially blocked off by the latex mask).  The wrinkle in his brow, or the glimpse of his lips add to the ‘realism’.  Masks simply don’t convey the same message.

If you can’t fool the child one year, you may have lost him him/her for the next several.

Once I said, if you have limited funds, buy the best wig and beard you can afford, and the least expensive suit.  

Likewise, if you have limited funds, but the least expensive wig and beard; and don’t waste a dime no matter how good the Santa mask may seem.

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Q: “I am look for a size 20W Dress pattern for Mrs. Santa Clause.

Can anyone tell me where I can find 1 cheap/free? would be best and cheap will work too. Thanks 

A: Remember pattern size is not the same as ready to wear dress size, so choose a pattern by measurements. Cheap: most chain fabric stores like Joann and Hancock offer $1-2 specials on Simplicity, McCalls or Butterick at least a couple of times a month. You’re not likely to find anything labeled as “Mrs. Claus”, so take a look in the costume sections for patterns with the silhouette you want. FWIW, one year I made a friend an “emergency” Mrs. Claus costume of a red and green plaid flannel nightgown and a big white hoover apron over it, with red rickrack trim and holly appliqued on the pocket.

Some suggestions (and be sure to look at all the pattern views by clicking on the photo that comes up:)

Simplicity 3723

http://www.butterick.com/item/B5265.htm http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M5155.htm http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M4548.htm http://www.mccallpattern.com/item/M2337.htm”

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Q: “The largest Santa costume I have ever seen was sized XL. And even those XL’s are quite meagre sized, closer to a large than an extra large. Surely if Santa was a big fat man, they should make Santa costumes to fit big fat men. There’s nothing in this world that looks as stupid as a thin Santa.”

A. “There’s nothing in this world that looks as stupid as a thin Santa.That’s the fist time I have ever heard a skinny person discriminated against. Too funny!”

Editors note: In my past life, we had Santa costumes that fit men well over 500 lbs. and the costumes were listed as XXL or even XXXL. Presently, most suits are manufactured in Asia, and don’t seem to follow most sizing standards.  I would recommend checking with your nearest fulltime costume shop.  Here is a link that will assist you.  

http://www.costumers.org

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