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Disney Tells Man He’s Not Allowed to Look Like Santa

By Manila Ryce
Published Tuesday, December 19th, 2006, 2:00 pm
Filed under: Entertainment, Society/Culture

James Worley, who is portly with a white beard, paid a visit to Disney World in Florida wearing a red shirt and hat. Because of his appearance, children started to approach him asking if he was Santa Claus. Not wanting to disappoint, Mr. Worley played along by pretending he was the jolly elf. Some “ho, ho, hos” and bright smiles were exchanged.

However, Disney officials soon put an end to Worley’s unauthorized impersonation, saying they wanted to preserve the magic of Santa. Afraid that he would cut into the business of the Santa at Disney’s Epcot Center, Mr. Worley was told he could either take off his red hat and shirt or leave the park. Worley complied with the request, yet children still continued to ask if he was Santa.

“How do you tell a little kid, ‘No, go away, little kid’,” Mr. Worley told local television. “I look this way 24/7, 365 days a year. This is me.” Worley was told by officials that “Santa was considered a Disney character,” and that he had no right to impersonate him.

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4 Responses to “Disney Tells Man He’s Not Allowed to Look Like Santa”

  1. “Not wanting to disappoint, Mr. Worley played along by pretending he was the jolly elf.”

    After all of these years I have always thought Santa was a fat jolly man with a wife Mrs. Claus. Now, I find out he is an elf? I suppose that next, you will try to convince us all that he evil too?

    SirJouge
    12/19/06 at 4:28 pm

  2. Dammit Jouge, elves aren’t evil. Haven’t you seen LOTR? They are effeminate and have heightened senses like Wolverine. If Santa wanted to kill you he surely could, but he’d rather be left alone to live out eternity in his visually pleasing, yet bland region of the world.

    Manila Ryce
    12/19/06 at 4:36 pm

  3. SirJouge, you’ve really never heard Santa referred to as an elf before? Although there’s no ‘right’ answer, I quote from Moore’s classic poem A Visit From St. Nick - a.k.a. The Night Before Christmas:

    “He had a broad face and a little round belly,
    That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
    He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old ELF,

    Jtheletter
    12/20/06 at 1:47 pm

  4. First off, Disney did not tell the man he was not allowed to look like Santa, but when the guy started Ho ho hoing around the park and telling little kids that he was in fact the Santa Claus while there was another Santa Claus hired by Disney walking the grounds that’s when Disney stepped in. All they asked him to do was to stop pretending that he was Santa to the Disney guests. And since the man already created a display they asked him to take off the attire that he was wearing that made him look like Santa Claus. Disney has a responsibility to there customers to keep them safe and out of harms way. That includes delusional weirdoes who think they are the Easter Bunny, the second coming of Christ or even Santa Claus.

    wjdoy
    12/21/06 at 5:33 am

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