Inducted 2012
Cliff Snider
The Praying Santa
The Roster
Seven Carolinians, in red velvet.
Each was inducted into the International Santa Claus Hall of Fame in his own year, for his own reasons. Together they form the membership of Long Leaf Pine Santas.
Inducted 2016
James Dyer
The Pastoral Santa
Inducted 2017
Stephen Gillham
The Smart Santa
Inducted 2018
Jac Grimes
Guilford County Santa
Inducted 2019
Ron Campbell
Raleigh’s Santa
Inducted 2020
Jim Hastings
Durham’s Santa & St. Nicholas
Inducted 2023
Jim Youker
NC Friend of Santa
About the Hall of Fame
Founded in 2010, the International Santa Claus Hall of Fame inducts a small class of Santas each year, recognizing exceptional service to the Christmas tradition. Long Leaf Pine Santas members are inducted by the Hall’s independent committee — we are simply a Carolina chapter of those who’ve received the honor.
You can’t learn this work in a weekend. You learn it the same way the long leaf grows — one ring at a time, and only here. — a long leaf pine santa