The “Santa industry” is a particularly good one to be in if you’re a portly old white man, apparently. A company called Thumbtack did a study of the business of being Santa Claus and found that it’s a pretty sweet deal a lot of the time. Of the 169 Santas that Thumbtack interviewed, the average hourly rate was a hefty $137.50. That’s not bad for a job that solely involves sitting down and chuckling.
