Wall jokelainen Juhani Korhonen has made santa’s job for almost forty years. Juhani Korhoselta going also music. Juhani Korhosella is behind more than a thousand santa claus gig. TOMI OLLI

Wall jokelainen Juhani ”Junnu” Korhonen , 77, is the real santa claus professional, because the man is dressed in santa costumes over almost forty years. Santa’s gig behind is another thousand. Today, he christmas pukkeilee mainly of commercial establishments and nursing homes. He also delighted the elderly christmas time on the outside.

– Santa claus the best feedback is when to see her eyes shining and sincere faith. I get the same self feel good to be able to delight the other.

no it does not, however, end so suddenly like this. December 25. day no one worry santa, although free to go, Korhonen laugh.

Korhonen joulupukkiura was launched to Kesko’s job to make the accordion play santa left the job.

– Originally santa’s role, and that’s what christmas pukkeilua started. I experienced a new job as soon as agreeable, for I call myself the accordion.

Juhani ”Junnu” Korhonen is swinging santa claus. TOMI OLLI

Santa claus junior on also enough humor to work I think.

I Have said that santa’s job is my life, heavy lifting up to, because santa claus is all the time be what it is not, This is a bit like an actor’s work.

I Have, however, concluded upstairs with a host, that santa claus get sent lies go white lies among them, and they need to apologize, Korhonen carve.

Santa kid

Korhonen considers it important that santa claus today are the proper accessories, which do not scare the children.

– Before there were many on the santa on top of the upside-down turkey and a cardboard mask. They were more to scare kids than to delight. It is important that santa claus comes a good feeling and happy mind.

Santa claus is also found that santa’s faith in the lost children today do not view his opinion as eagerly as before.

– It has decreased, as well as beard pulling. I have, however, beard was always tight and it never loosened nykäisystä.

Once Korhonen and another santa claus found end up their job for the same merchant’s yard,

He had a reindeer and I’ve got an accordion, so we came to a combination that works. He was also bigger than me, so he was isäpukki and I son. The children were at the time quite puzzled, that santa claus is santa’s son.

get Rid of the dodder

Korhonen has also helped children, for example, dodder rehab.

discipline cash once came to the small boy water sight casting to bring the pacifier, as they had agreed at home for santa to take a pacifier elves. I took her then in the arms, and I gave a big pile of candy, saying that going to the big boys no more pacifier to eat.

– That case is give up of, what each of us is between task. I remember myself how I noticed as a child that santa isn’t real, what was to me a hard place. That experience is also one of the reasons that nowadays I do this job.

Korhonen recently tried also the Guinness book of records. There wall jokelainen not, however, reach.

– I was told first that looks good. Years from now, however, I had heard that they don’t focus time or time spent, but for years.

in the Book, was acceptable in the end papa, who had been 65 years of santa. That apart I still unable, despite years of hard vierivat, santa claus smiles.

Joy to the elderly

Korhonen rotate also, so at christmas than at other times playing the accordion for the elderly services and care homes.

– I Have this year visited more than 160 private elderly care place. Do part of the job of the charity principle, because it makes me feel good to delight others.

residents face to see how big the thing is, that the daily rhythm will change. When singing together and talking to all kinds of, is for many a huge shot in the arm.

Because Korhonen spend on the road a lot of time, sometimes also encounters with the law.

I Was beginning of this month going to the santa garb for a gig, when the police stopped. They wondered I was early in the trip, but let move forward after blasting, even though I didn’t have a license either, Korhonen smiles.

strider claus wish all the newspaper readers merry christmas! TOMI OLLI