2006-11-21 12:11:55 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
According to the International Council of Shopping Centers, Santa reported for work at a majority of these locations in 2005 on Nov. 25, which gives him 29 days of employment. Because 91 percent of the malls extend their shopping hours during December, it's a safe bet he's on duty 10 hours per day, even with two meal breaks, for a time card of 327,700 hours. Then, of course, he has his traditional haunts: Macy's on 34th Street in New York, and rival Bloomingdale's uptown. Not to be outdone, South Street Seaport has also jumped into the fray demanding his presence, so add another 546 hours.
That means Santa would bank $1,690,466.90 at the federal minimum wage of $5.15. However, a few years ago, this savvy dude capitalized on years of experience (not to mention a real beard) and negotiated an average salary of $8,000 a year with the photography vendors, so in reality he's bringing home $9,040,000.
And because Christmas boils down to seasonal work, he has begun appearing at award nights, conventions, birthday parties and casinos throughout the year, commanding hefty fees between $1,200 and $10,000 per job. A couple of these gigs a month would pull in roughly $224,000 in extra cash throughout the year.
2006-11-28 07:41:27 · answer #1 · answered by tomiyo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well together my husband and I make about 45 thousand a year. We are the ones who buy the presents so we are the ones who gets the credit for buying them. (NO offense to anyone who does believe in santa)
2006-11-25 16:34:01 · answer #2 · answered by youngtendaz36104 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't a ka-winky dink that Santa and Satan are spelled with the same letters no more no less?
Well that's because Santa is blasphemous.
He the friggin' anti-christ
2006-11-21 12:19:01 · answer #3 · answered by pink_kitties_and_rhinoplasty 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Santa gets the cookies and milk and sends your parents the bill.
2006-11-21 12:36:19 · answer #4 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Santa gets the "priceless" part of the MasterCard commercials.
He's yet to get paid for anything... But does have priceless memories... :)
2006-11-21 12:15:17 · answer #5 · answered by ♥Saffire♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He gets paid in cookies & milk while the reindeer get nuthin. They do most of the work, I think.
The idea of getting back to the Pole where Mrs. Claus awaits with his Alka-Seltzer keeps him moving.
2006-11-25 02:48:28 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
santa must be the richest man in the world!!!! so many hugs and kisses.....love is what makes a person rich
2006-11-26 13:43:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your dad. They get paid the same amount.▬
2006-11-22 18:19:35 · answer #8 · answered by # one 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
chicken boy,your back! i give santa a ham sandwich and a beer.
2006-11-21 12:17:01 · answer #9 · answered by I Bleed Black & Gold 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he obviously gets paid enough from the federal government to have his own private "island", keep his fat wife, and the numerous illigitimate children with birth defects that he calls "elves", and to feed him and his farm of reigndeer...
2006-11-26 22:55:01 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋