Socially distant St. Nick comes in many forms, among them face-shield Santa, drive-by Santa, Plexiglas Santa and, inevitably, $750-an-hour Zoom Santa. Griffin Hodge, 5, left, his sister Delaney, 7, and brother Wyatt, 10, visit Santa at the Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks. “When you’re a Los Angeles Hollywood Santa Claus, it can be very lucrative. AdvertisementEd Taylor has found a lucrative business as a virtual Santa on Zoom and FaceTime. Taylor, 66, won’t say how much he makes annually from being Santa: “I’d take too much heat.”“My rates are considerably higher,” he said.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 16, 2020 18:27 UTC