Dooley's Links

Here are some links --- five whole pages' worth of them, mind you! --- to a few of our favorite Santa Claus/Christmas-themed homepages! It took a lot of effort to determine which ones met our standards, and which ones did not. But we think all the sites we explored had their bytes in the right place, if you will --- which is to say, these were places in cyberspace where, hopefully, an elf could feel right at home:

  • Santa's Secret Village
  • Santa Claus House, North Pole, Alaska --- for over 50 years, Home of the Legend of Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, a/k/a Mr. and Mrs. Con Miller!
  • The City of North Pole, Alaska, its Fire and Police Departments, Chamber of Commerce, Theme City and the Christmas in Ice Festival
  • Santa Claus Online
  • The Christmas Dove
  • The Christmas Moon
  • Christmas on Prince Edward Island, Canada
  • Christmas in Lillehammer, Norway --- The 1994 Olympic Winter Games certainly changed this little town, didn't it? Nearly 30 years later, the people here still have what it takes to celebrate the holidays! Take a look at how they do it!
  • Julenissen: Santa in Norway --- And here's how Big Red celebrates with the folks in Norge!
  • Santa Claus Plaza, sponsored by the Helsinki Santa Claus Foundation
  • Kathe Wohlfahrt's Christmas Shop and das Weihnachtsmuseum, Rothenburg ob der Tauer, Germany
  • 16th Annual Chicago Christkindlmarket @ Daley Center Plaza
  • Hershey, PA --- It's a very sweet celebration: the Sweetest Place on Earth's 106th Hersheypark Christmas!
  • Christmas is also magical at Hershey's Dutch Wonderland in nearby Lancaster, PA!
  • Christkindlmarkt 2009 @ Bethlehem, PA (also here)
  • The Christmas Mouse, Williamsburg, VA
  • Kurt S. Adler, Inc. --- the one wholesale-only source for Santa stuff.
  • Mr. Christmas Online
  • Department 56 --- the world's largest, best-known collection of Christmas miniatures!
  • The Christmas Depot --- the Web's largest holiday online shopping resource!
  • "The True Story of Santa Claus of the 20th Century" --- a biography of Donald Francis Fournier, who used his philanthrophic skills to make Santa's magic happen everywhere he went.
  • Figi's --- one of the classic Christmas food catalogue marketers! (They truly rank among Santa's favorites!)
  • St. Nick Studios, Calgary, Alberta --- original craftworks featuring the Boss.
  • Judith Klawitter Originals --- This famous Montana-based designer is legendary for her incredible, painstakingly crafted lifesize Santa sculptures!
  • Susan Bush's The American Santa --- even more painstakingly-crafted lifesize Santa sculptures!
  • Audrey, Don and Bruce Wood --- creators of King Bidgood's in the Bathtub and The Christmas Adventure of Space Elf Sam.
  • From Little, Brown & Co. Children's Books: James Patterson's SantaKid --- Santa's little girl reveals the full story behind her dad's North Pole doings; and battles a hostile takeover of the Top of the World!
  • Santapark Arctic Circle --- Finnish Lapland has always claimed to be the real Top of the World; and for many years, Rovaniemi, its capital city, has boasted of being Santa's real hometown. They've proven it big time with this spectacular underground theme park!
  • Santatelevision.com --- produced in and around Rovaniemi by the appropriately named Joulupukki TV Oy (Joulupukki means Santa Claus in Finnish!), this is the Internet's only television network devoted exclusively to Santa! It broadcasts throughout Finland, the rest of Europe, and even Japan!
  • Santa Claus' Greeting Center and Post Office @ Mt. Korvatunturi, Finnish Lapland --- well, naturally, that's Big Red's home away from home, where he even hosts his very own Marathon and Half-Marathon each June, too! They've also named a whole Hotel after Santa!
  • The Santa Claus World Foundation, Helsinki and its Children's Christmas Unit
  • ProSanta Authorized Services
  • BlackFriday.com --- the only website created to help you survive the first day of the holiday shopping season!
  • Christmas in Rovaniemi --- Santa-related news and features. 'Nuff said.
  • Christmas City: Turki, Finland --- here dwells the celebrated Brownie of historic Turki Castle, who loves the holidays as much as Santa himself!
  • SantaWorld Iceland --- Well, you had to expect that the Boss would live in a land where there is, well, ice.
  • Bakken, Klampenbourg, Denmark --- Founded in 1583, this Danish delight is the world's oldest amusement park, and also serves as the home of the annual World Santa Claus Congress!
  • Oslonissen --- Meet Fred Osther, Oslo, Norway's Genuine Kringle!
  • SantaWorld Park, Gesunda, Sweden --- another active participant in the aforementioned Santa wars with Finland and Greenland.
  • North Pole Network Television --- Hey, if our friends from Rovaniemi can put together a Santa Claus television network, there's no reason why there can't be one for the good ol' U.S. of A.! Snowflake the Bear, Lenny the Rat, Intergnat and the gang are ready to welcome you!
  • For over 80 years, nothing has said Santa Claus like The Coca-Cola Company's Original Sundblom Santa! Take a look back at the jolly old legacy, and then check out the main Coca-Cola pages to see what else is happening in the world of the Real Thing!
  • Auntie Claus --- From her elegant penthouse in Midtown Manhattan's historic Bing Cherry Hotel, the Boss' big sister and her biographer, Elise Primavera, invite believers to join them for tea and strawberries! A.C.'s further adventures are also available, in Auntie Claus and the Key to Christmas! And Connecticut's Downtown Cabaret Theatre Children's Company has given Auntie Claus her very own stage musical, too! And now in bookstores, A.C. and young Sophie Kringle, co-star of the first book, take on The Nutcracker in Auntie Claus III: Home for the Holidays!
  • The Volunteers of America of Greater New York Sidewalk Santa Campaign --- for over a century, one of the Big Apple's most enduring holiday icons (other than Santa himself, of course!).
  • Frank DeFritas' Santa Radar Page, Allentown, PA
  • The Professional Association of Santa's Elves, Inc. --- dedicated to sharing Santa's wisdom with deserving charitable causes worldwide!
  • Holiday World and Splashin' Safari, Santa Claus, Indiana --- Has Santa been known to cool off on a summer's day at this combination Christmas theme park/waterslide extravaganza? Let's put it this way: It could only happen in the Town of Santa Claus, Indiana --- home of the Koch and Yellig Families, and HO HO HOldings, LLC! You can also find Santa's Candy Castle there, too: it's open all season long! So is the fantastic Kringle Place Shopping Center, and Christmas Lake Golf Course as well.
  • What else can you find in the Town of Santa Claus, Indiana? How about The Santa Claus Museum on North Kringle Place? Santa's Lodge and St. Nick's Restaurant? Think that Santa's Lakeside Cottages are cool? And did we mention the big Santa Claus Christmas Celebration?
  • Storybookland, Cardiff, NJ --- that's Santa's Atlantic City home (which is good news for us Elves!).
  • Santa's Workshop Highway 24, North Pole, Colorado --- the Boss' Kingdom in the Rocky Mountains, near Denver!
  • Santa's Workshop, North Pole, NY --- close to Lake Placid and Whiteface Mountain, this is the park considered by most theme-park historians as America's first great theme park.... i.e., the one that started the whole theme-park industry to begin with.
  • Santa's Village, Jefferson, NH --- This Realm for Santa is located near the Canadian-American border.
  • Christmas (and the rest of the year) @ Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, TN --- Santa and Dolly Parton. What more do you need to know? Pigeon Forge is also home to The Incredible Christmas Place and The Inn @ Christmas Place!
  • The Land of Make-Believe, Lodi, NJ --- Home of Santa's Barn and Petting Zoo, and one of New Jersey's favorite places for fun & enchantment!
  • SixFlags.com tells you more about the first Six Flags park, Six Flags Over Texas @ Arlington --- home of the Holiday in the Park Christmas Festivals, another Santa-themed event which speaks for itself.
  • The Rise and Fall of Santa's Village, East Dundee, IL --- This Kingdom for the Boss, located close to Chicago, was part of the Illinois lifestyle for close to half a century. Alas, toward late December 2006, Phil Wenz, aka Mr. Santa, ultimately failed in his final bid to rescue the park --- or did he? Anyway, here is the website that tells three stories: Glenn Holland's dream, how Mr. Santa waged that battle to keep the flame burning, and how that battle was eventually doomed to failure... or was it?
  • Santa's Wonderland @ the Demarest Farmhouse, Hillsdale, NJ
  • Atlantis Marine World's Winter Wonderland, Riverhead, L.I., NY --- Ever wonder how Santa delivers his gifts to King Neptune and all of his loyal subjects under the sea? Meet the team that helps him do it: Dorsal, Cameel, Octavius and Oceana Joan --- the Aqua Squad!
  • NORAD's Santa Tracking Center --- The joint U.S.-Canadian satellite tracking system always keep its eyes ready to spot Santa's sleigh, even after having shut down their Cheyenne Mountain headquarters, near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Now in its 57th season, NORAD's Santa Squad continues to monitor the Jolly Old Elf as he makes his rounds, taking the challenge on every Christmas Eve in a fast-paced, unexpected format!
  • DFW SantaTracker --- And our NORAD friends aren't the only ones scanning the skies for Santa (you probably already suspected that!) --- because Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has its own SantaTracking unit, too!
  • Santa's CyberSleigh --- It's sleek. It's fast. It's out of this Multiverse! And while it doesn't exactly replace the Patchmobile, there is a story behind this awesome vehicle! Check it out!
  • Rick Goldschmidt's "The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass" --- Nobody else knows his way around Rudolph and Frosty the way Rick does! Based on his book, Rick's site is for everybody who has ever wanted to get up close to the many series and specials developed by animation pioneers Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass! All the latest news and information is here, as one of classic TV's most unsung legacies is paid the tribute that is its rightful due! And check out The Rankin/Bass Blog for more of Rick's adventures with Arthur and Jules!
  • Maury Laws --- The homepage of the man behind the music for most of the Rankin/Bass series and specials!
  • Snow Miser's Cooler --- He's too much!
  • "He Ain't a Bizarre Animated Freak, He's My Brother" ---- The definitive Rankin/Bass songs are the two that Maury and Jules wrote for the Miser Brothers, from R/B's The Year Without a Santa Claus; so now here, from the Not Your Nightmare section of SpongeAwareness.com, is an inside look at the mystery of just who fathered the Miser Brothers in the first place!
  • Beth Fishkind's "The Gift of the Misfit" --- from the December 1997 files of Whoosh!, journal of the International Association of Xena-oid Studies, comes this rather unorthodox essay, wherein the author compares Rankin/Bass' Rudolph to the Warrior Princess!
  • Milton Bradley Games' Candy Land --- King Kandy, Imperial Head Bonbon and Lord High Jujube of Candy Land, has always been one of Santa's best friends. Now, prepare to journey into King Kandy's scrumptious Kingdom!
  • Speaking of Kingdoms: In the Kingdom of Forever, Santa is also known as King Nicholas. He and his Queen, the lovely Vivianne, have a daughter: Holly Claus, the Christmas Princess! Joined by young Prince Christopher, and her critter friends Tundra the Wolf, Empy the Penguin, Lexy the Fox and Euphemia the Wise Owl, Holly and her Royal Family battle the evil Wizard, Herrikhan!
  • The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, starring the Rockettes --- New York's biggest and best holiday jamboree is connected to Santa Claus: The Movie in that an on-film series of excerpts from the film's "Sleigh Ride Over Manhattan" sequence used to open the show every night! (Our pal Charles Edward Hall is the longest-serving Santa Claus in Radio City history!) Here's where you can see the show beyond Manhattan this year: in Birmingham, AL, at Birmingham/Jefferson Convention Complex Arena; in Washington, D.C., at Verizon Center; in Orlando, Florida, at the University of Central Florida Arena @ Knights' Plaza; in Atlanta, at the Fox Theatre, in Fort Wayne, IN, at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum; in Lexington, KY, at the University of Kentucky's Rupp Arena; in Louisville, KY, at the Kentucky ExpoCenter's Freedom Hall; in Baltimore, at the 1st Mariner Arena; in Cincinatti, at the U.S. Bank Arena; in Columbus, OH, at Nationwide Arena; in Philadelpia, at Wachovia Complex; in Pittsburgh, at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts; in Memphis, at the FedEx Forum; in Nashville, at the Grand Ole Opry; in Fairfax, VA, at George Mason University's Patriot Center; and the Charleston, WV Civic Center!
  • "The Quiltmaker's Gift" --- From Scholastic and Pfiefer/Hamilton Publishers, Jeff Brumbeau and Gail deMarcken continue the magical odyssey that starts with their inspiring story about a selfish King who discovers the wonder of sharing .... with the help of an old quiltmaker whose gifts are truly special.
  • The 2009 Hollywood Christmas Parade --- Look back at the 2008 Parade, then click here to meet Sylvia Lieberman's big-hearted Archibald the Mouse, who made his official debut at the 2007 Parade!
  • Chicago's 76th Annual State Street Thanksgiving Day Parade, presented by McDonald's, and produced and sponsored by the Chicago Festivals Association
  • Downtown Denver's 9news (KUSA-TV) Parade of Lights, produced by the Downtown Denver Partnership
  • The Pella, IA Historical Society's Sinterklaas Holiday Parade & Celebrations --- Big Red and his Holland-based partner, Zwarte Piet, want to place their treasures in your shoes!
  • The Santa Map
  • Christmas in Newport, RI --- 2009 marks the 39th season since Santa decided to weave his magic into the lives of Newport and her people. Check out these rawther elegant plahns!
  • The Newport County Preservation Society's Holiday Mansions Tour
  • Christmas w/the Astor Family @ the Beechwood Mansion of Newport
  • Christmas @ Winterthur, Wilmington, DE
  • Christmas @ Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA
  • Christmas in Colonial Williamsburg, VA
  • Macy*s 83rd Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade --- simply put, there's only one...... and nobody else brings it into your living room like NBC! Watch Matt, Al and Meredith cover all the magic as Macy*s Television and Brad Lachman Productions team up with Universal Media Studios for television's most magical 3-hour tour! And speaking of tours, click here to find out about Macy*s Santa National Tour, National Believe Day and the all-new animated special, Yes, Virginia, airing on CBS that very National Believe Day --- Friday, December 11th! Plus, Spanish-language viewers of the Parade can get in on the fun by watching Telemundo's coverage, hosted by the team from Cada Dia con Maria Antonieta! Also, head for GreenisUniversal.com to find out how green plays a continuing role in each year's Parade coverage!
  • 83rd Annual America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit --- This is the Motor City's Santa celebration! In 2003, excerpts of this parade were shown in a nationally syndicated hour-long special; prior to that, this parade had been part of CBS' All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade compilation coverage.
  • Downtown Cheyenne, WY Christmas Parade
  • 6th Annual Rogers Santa Claus Parade, Downtown Vancouver --- Another big blast for Canada's Kringle fanbase! Santa Dale Gillespie also stars at WiredSanta.com!
  • The 105th Annual Toronto Santa Claus Parade --- Ontario's largest city welcomes Big Red with this fantastic all-star march, eh?
  • The Centennial Winnipeg Santa Claus Festival Parade --- we're talkin' 100 years of Big Red Saturday Nights for Manitobans!
  • StarMail London, Ontario Santa Claus Parade
  • H-E-B Downtown Houston Holiday Parade, produced by the City of Houston Festival Foundation!
  • St. Louis' Mid-America Holiday Parade
  • A Washington, D.C. tradition, it's the National Christmas Tree Program, featuring the lighting of America's National Christmas Tree, along with remarks from the President. The event airs live nationally on C-SPAN!
  • Santa's Village & Sportsland, Bracebridge, Ontario --- Kris Kringle + football, baseball, basketball + the traditional elements of a theme park = this unusual equation, where they even let you thank Santa for all he's done for the season!
  • TubaChristmas --- The Harvey Phillips Foundation welcomes you to its 36th Annual TubaChristmas, celebrated at New York's Rockefeller Center, at Walt Disney World in Florida, at CNN Center in Atlanta and at over 150 other locations worldwide! The event was founded by Professor Phillips in memory of his mentor, tuba player and teacher William Bell --- who was born on Christmas Day, 1902. Click here for our special Editorial tribute to TubaChristmas, and to Professor Phillips' legacy.
  • Santa Jamboree, Anaheim 2010: Next summer's big Santa thing for all you California Kringles out there! The setting is the Crowne Plaza Anaheim Hotel; and the dates are June 27th through July 1st! Tim Connagahan has been selected as Event Chairman; FORBS National President Ron Robertson will be Tim's Vice-Chairman!
  • SantaClausSuits.com --- marking its 16th Anniversary, this is one of the Web's best resources for suits, wigs and beards, and other Clausian accessories!
  • Creative Costume Company, NYC --- a extensive line of Santa costumes (and costumes for the rest of the year, too!).
  • Two more New York Santa costume powerhouses: Frank Bee's Costume and Carnival Shop, in the same East Tremont Avenue location at the very edge of the Bronx for over 50 years; and Rubie's Costume Company, where Kringles either dress like Santa or visit there to buy the Santa suits they wanna look serious in!
  • Costume Holiday House, Columbus/Toledo, OH --- Another extensive costume homepage, packed with Santa costumes and accessories (and other big franchise costume stuff, too!).
  • Planet Santa --- a service of Pierre's Costumes of Philadelphia, and the place where Santa shops for his clothes!
  • The Incredible Christmas Store --- With a new wholesale-only location on 5th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, it's still the only year-'round holiday store worth checking out!
  • The Incredible Christmas Place, Pigeon Forge, TN --- and the Inn @ Christmas Place!
  • Cherry Hill Photo Enterprises, Inc. and its Special Events Unit--- one of the East Coast's largest suppliers of Kringles for shopping malls, and home of (the incredibly top-secret!) Santa Claus University!
  • The Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School, Midland, MI --- Founded in 1937, this is the world's oldest Santa School! Dean Tom Valent and his Mrs. Claus, the aptly named Holly, have journeyed across the Planet spreading the good Kringle word wherever they go! And go here for the ultimate Charles W. Howard tribute!
  • SantaSchool.com, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Stuart Thompson's Santa School Scotland
  • Santa to the Stars --- That would be Hollywood's one and only Brady White, whose rendition of the Boss is so legendary that he has had his beard insured by Lloyd's of London!
  • Bob & Felicia Mendte's SantaforHire.com --- So, do you still wanna do a Santa gig? Here's the site you need to bookmark! A somewhat similar page, serving basically the same purpose, can be found here.
  • SantaAtlanta.com --- Atlanta/Fulton County, GA: these are your Santas, and SantaAtlanta is the home of the Brotherhood of the Direct Descendants of Santa! Their site tells you what they'll be up to this holiday! Several members of SantaAtlanta are also connected with the Georgia State Association of Real-Bearded Santas! They even have their own newsletter, the Red Suit Gazette!
  • Planet Christmas --- Not too sure about this one, but it has to do with a guy from Tennessee named Chuck Smith who just looooooves Christmas lights. And there's even more lights on the Tacky Light Tour!
  • Santa B. Claus' Pages --- Bernie Sharpe of Toronto helps Santa fulfill all his fans' dearest wishes on his all-new site, complete with blog, pictures, links, the works! Cool!
  • The Fraternal Order of Real-Bearded Santas; the Palm Tree Santas of Middle and Central Florida; and RealSantas.com
  • He's a Kringle legend --- Dr. Carl Anderson, Ph.D. With his wife, Peyton Hayslip, they've created Thistle Mouse Productions and its official holiday Palace, Santa&MaggieClaus.com!
  • Mr. & Mrs. Santa A. Claus --- Pennsylvania's #1 Kringle and his Missus welcome you to their online Kingdom.
  • SantaClaus.cc: The Original Santa Newscenter
  • Britain's Royal Mail --- home of Santa's Grotto, where the Boss answers e-mail letters from all over the world!
  • Santa in London, England --- Mary Kerr and Damian Samuels are the elves who bring us this latest chapter in Santa's online resume! Excellent!
  • Santa's Cottage: Ireland's Official Santa Residence, County Down --- Yes, Santa believes in Leprechauns, too!
  • Santa's Magic Christmas Ball
  • Jeff Guide's SantaLand.com --- Still the oldest Santa-themed website (and one of cyberspace's greatest oldtimers, too!)
  • Chip Davis and Mannheim Steamroller --- Simply put, THE undisputed force of Christmas music in America today.
  • Tim McLoone's Holiday Express --- In its 18th season, this nonprofit, all-volunteer musical ensemble was previously the 'house band' for NBC's local/national telecast of the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremonies at Rockefeller Center.
  • Santastic: The Experience
  • Santa's Official Good List --- Benson, Olivia, Riley, Phoebe, Gilbert and Yvette are the Elves who help Santa (and Dooley, of course!) in developing the ONLY worldwide publication of Santa's Good List. Make sure you're on it, too!

    And here are a few links for sites dealing specifically with Team Salkind and Santa Claus: The Movie ---

  • The Ilya Salkind Company --- He's our hero! ('Nuff said.)
  • Superman Cinema --- It is, simply, THE Supersite, with its own SCTM segment, extended Christopher Reeve tribute, and Ilya Salkind interview. Explore it now!
  • Ben Burgraff's SupermanTV.net --- the most comprehensive online look at Superman since Hiphats' original Superman File pages!
  • Superman Returns --- Does he ever! It's out on DVD and Blu-ray; and there's more to explore about it at BlueTights.net! Plus, click here for the KQ Beyond team's thoughts on Kal-el's return!
  • Superman1978.com, Superman II.com, Superman III.com, Superman IV.com and Supergirl --- Alex Serpa's Online Museums, where the images speak for themselves! (Hey, Alex: We're still waiting for that Online Museum of Santa Claus: The Movie, dude! Give us a holler when you get it up!)
  • MargotKidder.com --- Forever Lois Lane! Oh, we can read her mind, all right. And Margot has plenty on hers! ('Nuff said.)
  • GeorgeCorraface.net --- Christopher Columbus himself! Dare we say more?
  • Jim Bowers' CapedWonder.com --- This consultant to the Superman: The Movie Restoration presents interviews, analysis, and memories!
  • Donner's Superman --- an in-depth online look at the Superman: The Movie that Richard Donner wanted you to see!
  • MaidofMight.net: Supergirl, nonstop, including an full-length appreciation of the Supergirl movie!
  • GeneralZod.net --- all Zod, all the time: as you can see, this guy has WAY TOO MUCH Salkind on his mind! You can also have a good laugh at his expense here!
  • DVD Review takes a critical look at the Santa Claus: The Movie DVD.
  • DVD Movie Central has another viewpoint about same.
  • DVD Verdict --- Here's KringleQuest.com's favorite review of the Santa Claus DVD!
  • Carrie Kei Heim's Homepage --- Cornelia herself is now a practicing attorney/world traveller, who was nice enough to call us the definitive Santa Claus: The Movie site!
  • JudyCornwell.com --- Anya, too, has a website: Judy lets the fans know about her days from Keeping Up Appearances, what she's up to now, and much, much more!
  • SCTM's Supervising Animatronic Designer, John Coppinger, finally sets the record straight about the Santa Claus animatronics!
  • Sheena Easton --- That's her voice singing Christmas All Over the World; now check out what she's up to --- as a headliner at the Las Vegas Hilton!
  • A Henry Mancini Anthology --- An inside look at Hank's career achievements.
  • VARTOX' Superboy and Holiday Pages are back! Vartox, alias Jesse Groth, was the key inspiration for the researching phase of this website. Check out the 'ToxDude's own look at Santa Claus: The Movie, plus a special look at Lana Lang!
  • The Superboy Homepage --- Big on Gerard Christopher, this site has the basics of the Salkinds' only regularly-produced television series, the episodes, and everything else!
  • Gerard Christopher's Page --- the one-time Boy of Steel shares his own personal insights on the Superboy show!
  • The Internet Movie Database

    And in case you really really need a Jeannot Szwarc fix:

  • The Official Somewhere in Time Fan Page --- headquarters of INSITE: the International Network of Somewhere in Time Enthusiasts! (I kid you not!)

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