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  • Home
  • What to Expect
  • FAQ
  • How to Prepare
  • Heirloom Santa Storybooks
  • Our Santa Themes
    • Santa’s Magic Workshop
    • Santa’s Enchanted Forest
    • Santa’s Cabin
    • Storytime with Santa
    • Santa’s North Pole Lodge
    • The Magic Behind the Images
  • Testimonials
  • Santa Prices
  • Contact

Storytime with Santa

  • A boy watches his dad take a ride on Santa's Magic Flying Sled at The Best Santa Experience.
  • A young girl finds her name on Santa's Nice List at The Best Santa Experience.
  • An adorable little girl takes a ride on Santa's Magic Flying Sled at The Best Santa Experience.
  • A cute little boy hears Santa read The Night Before Christmas from his Magic Book at The Best Santa Experience.
  • A family of four gets a sneak peek into Santa's Magic Toy Bag at The Best Santa Experience!
  • A cute one-year-old boy hears Santa read The Night Before Christmas from his Magic Book at The Best Santa Experience.
  • The whole family hears Santa read The Night Before Christmas from his Magic Book at The Best Santa Experience.
  • Santa shares his travel stories with two brothers on his Magic Globe at The Best Santa Experience.
  • A milk toast with Santa Claus at The Best Santa Experience!
  • Three sisters, wearing their Christmas pajamas, take a sneak peek into Santa's Magic Toy Bag at The Best Santa Experience!
  • Two brothers discover Santa Claus by the Christmas tree at The Best Santa Experience!

Storytime with Santa! – The Original Santa Experience!

A new version of “Storytime with Santa” arrived in 2024! Be sure to make your reservations now to enjoy this fabulous Santa experience!

This is “The Original”, and a truly classic Santa Claus theme! Storytime with Santa has Santa reading to the kids at bedtime. Santa really enjoys this special time with all of the kids who come to visit him. He answers their questions and asks some of his own too!

Christmas pajamas are a wonderful choice of clothing for this theme. Of course, the reading of “The Night Before Christmas” from Santa’s Magic Book is only the start of this wonderful Santa Experience!

Santa reads "The Night Before Christmas" to an adorable two-year-old. Image was created at The Best Santa Experience at Michael Anderson Photography in Mounds View, MN.

Our original set background was a commercially purchased backdrop for Storytime with Santa.

We currently have five unique themes for The Best Santa Experience. We rotate them on a yearly basis. They are this one, the charming Storytime with Santa. There’s the super-fun Santa’s Magic Workshop where kids help Santa Claus build toys (and a whole lot more)! A magical visit with Mr. Kringle in Santa’s Cabin! In 2021, we introduced the beautiful “outdoor” themed Santa’s Enchanted Forest. And, in 2023 will mark the debut of “Santa’s North Pole Lodge“!

A Real Santa Experience

We thought it might be fun to share how these ideas were born and how we made them happen. Also, seeing the themes ahead of time will also help you decide on what everyone will wear when you schedule your Santa Claus Experience.

That’s important so that you can dress everyone in clothing to match the theme. Yes, everyone! Because Santa always wants a group photo to share with Mrs. Claus back home at the North Pole! That image will probably be on the cover of your Heirloom Santa Storybook and your Christmas card too!

The whole family hears Santa read The Night Before Christmas from his Magic Book at The Best Santa Experience.

The Night Before Christmas is read to the whole family from Santa’s Magic Book.

By the time you and your kids head home, they will have checked for their names on The Nice List and had a sneak peek into Santa’s Magic Toy Bag.

Three sisters, wearing their Christmas pajamas, take a sneak peek into Santa's Magic Toy Bag at The Best Santa Experience!

Three sisters, wearing their Christmas pajamas, take a sneak peek into Santa’s Magic Toy Bag!

Then they’ll hear even more stories about Santa’s travels all over the world while Mr. Kringle shows some of his travel routes on his Magic Globe! 

Santa shares his travel stories with two brothers on his Magic Globe at The Best Santa Experience.

Two cute boys hear Santa share his travel stories on his Magic Globe.

Oh, and let’s not forget about a fun flight on Santa’s Magic Flying Sled! Everyone will enjoy a special treat of milk and cookies with Santa! And, somewhere in there, everyone will probably have a Magic Snowball Fight too!

An adorable little girl takes a ride on Santa's Magic Flying Sled at The Best Santa Experience.

An adorable little girl takes a ride on Santa’s Magic Flying Sled!

And every visit concludes with presents from Santa! It’s an action-packed, fun-filled hour, and one that none of you will ever forget!

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  • Our home studio is located in Mounds View, MN, is just 15 minutes north of both Minneapolis and St. Paul just west of 35W.
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The Best Santa Claus Experience will be the highlight of your child’s holiday season (your’s too). These are not your average pictures with Santa Claus. From the excitement of that first glimpse of Santa to finding their name on his “Nice List”, children and parents alike, walk away with memories that will last a lifetime.

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  • Home
  • What to Expect
  • FAQ
  • How to Prepare
  • Heirloom Santa Storybooks
  • Our Santa Themes
    • Santa’s Magic Workshop
    • Santa’s Enchanted Forest
    • Santa’s Cabin
    • Storytime with Santa
    • Santa’s North Pole Lodge
    • The Magic Behind the Images
  • Testimonials
  • Santa Prices
  • Contact