The Real Santa Locations

Proud award winners of Best Christmas Entertainment Provider in Australia for 3 years running!

Here you can get the magical, mystical, most wonderful ‘Real’ Santa Claus to visit your special event.

The Real Santa has been supplying Australia with authentic Santas, sprightly Elves, professional Photographers and beautiful Christmas Props for a decade now. We cater for a range of events in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Geelong, Ballarat & Wollongong.

Never fear, the Christmas magic will still be here.

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Need to book some Christmas magic for your next event?

How about a Real Santa and a Real Elf or two? Would your audience enjoy some face-painting by our friendly Face-painting Elf?

And what about getting those Santa photos taken? Our Photographer Elf can capture the perfect shot to make a wonderful addition to the family album. We also have a beautiful range or high quality Props and Backdrops to complete the Christmas picture.

Whatever you need, we make sure your audience is entertained and enchanted!

Santa and Baby Photography

Hire The Real Santa for Media Events

Kids Parties with The Real Santa

The Real Santa specialises in Sensitive Santa for special needs

Santa supports Charities

The Real Santa loves spending time with our furry friends

The Real Santa for End of Year

Santa goes to Special Events

Santa gets many requests, so make sure you book him early!

The Real Santa makes appearances at all sorts of events

Workplace Christmas Parties

Reward your staff with some ridiculous R&R fun times like only The Real Santa can

Hotels and Restaurants

Extend that warm fuzzy feeling with The Real Santa that'll make your guest want to come back

Sports and Community Clubs

Book The Real Santa and you know the entertainment is taken care of

Schools, University and Kindergartens

Kids will be kids and The Real Santa is what they want

Community and Charity Events

The Real Santa knows how to break the ice and keep a cool vibe going

Private Home Events

The gift that keeps on giving, nothing comes close to a Real Santa memory

Retail Outlets and Shopping Malls

Nothing says holidays like The Real Santa at the Mall

Corporate Events & Family Days

Reward your team and spoil their family with The Real Santa

Hospitals, Airports, Retirement Villages, Nightclubs

Laughs and chuckles, The Real Santa can turn any frown upside down

What our clients say about us:

  • It was amazing! Thanks so much!

    Victoria University

  • On the day Santa performed very well, very engaging with our guests big and small.

    Jarlam Australia, Melbourne

  • It was a successful two hours. The locals loved having Santa Photos taken. We will look forward to having you at Next Years event Santa and the two elves we hired were wonderful with the kids and very patient with taking so many Santa photos

    -The Studio Estate Agents, Sydney

  • Santa was great, accommodating and guests loved him!

    Alto Land Rover, Sydney

  • Your Santa always looks great, quality costume, beard etc, comes with sack and bell. He wzs so lovely with kids and adults and a real trooper on a hot humid day.

    Camberwell Traders Association, Melbourne

  • Fantastic and remained in character throughout

    Mulberry Tree Wembley Downs, Perth

  • We love Santa, he really gets into character, handles older kid queries and objection super well, entertains kids and parents, and super professional. Couldn't ask for anything more, fantastic.

    Daniel Nicotra, Sydney

  • Santa was a lovely addition to the onsite crew, he communicated well and made a real impact on the event day. Thanks guys!

    Opus Agency, Sydney

  • Both the Santa and Elf received beautiful feedback from kids and adults at the event. Professional, authentic and absolutely amazing with the crowd, we all could not have been happier with our entertainers.

    Elders Tasmania, Hobart

  • Santa is perfect! The best Santa Performer ever! Everyone absolutely enjoyed it. Santa is the real deal. Costume on point, his acting was superb! It was a stand out performance! So amazing! I will only want him every year for our events.

    Megantic, Melbourne

  • Props were great. The extra large background was a hit. Loved it. Santa was wonderful

    Ray White Ferntree Gully, Melbourne

  • Santa was absolutely FANTASTIC! He was very engaging with the kids and definitely made their night. I’ve hired Santa’s in the past, he is by far the best we’ve had. He made our night, thanks

    Lorena Centurino, Mernda Victoria

  • Santa was a huge hit at our Kids Xmas Party, he spent time chatting with each individual child and made them all feel special. The customer service was excellent. We will definitely be using this service for our future parties. Thank you

    BDO, Sydney

  • The Real Santa absolutely nailed it. From the moment we booked, the team was professional, friendly and a dream to deal with. The booking staff made everything effortless, the delivery driver was punctual and cheerful, and the entertainers … wow! Engaging, energetic and genuinely magical - they had the kids completely captivated from start to finish. Kidsmas was a huge success thanks to this incredible crew. Smiles everywhere, laughter nonstop, and that unmistakable festive sparkle that only the real professionals can deliver. We couldn’t recommend The Real Santa more highly and will absolutely be booking again. Pure Christmas magic!

    Omnicom Media Group, Sydney

  • Just thought I’d email to say thank you so much for providing us with Santa today! Joe was incredible and made the experience for our guests amazing. I hope we can tee this up again for next year 😊 Thanks again, and Merry Christmas Santa was GREAT! From beginning to end, it was such a great experience! Thank you so much

    Turtle Beach Resort, Gold Coast

  • I just wanted to say a big thank you for today, Santa was fabulous he made the party a great success.

    BDO, Sydney

  • Santa was amazing, he definitely went above and beyond. Everyone was so happy with all their Santa pics taken that night.

    Blacktown Council, Sydney

  • Please thank the team last night the Elf was lovely and Santa was just FABULOUS!!!!! Well done to you all we really appreciated it! We love Santa!

    SH Pty Ltd, Sydney

  • I wanted to reach out and thank you and Santa for last Friday. He was absolutely fantastic, such a pleasure to work with and such a nice man. The whole team loved him, and I will definitely pass on your details to anyone who asks.

    Knightcorp, Perth

  • A HUGE thank you to you and The Real Santa Team for all your magic — you made OMG BNE KIDSMAS 2025 an absolute smash! From the flawless delivery to Santa working his charm, and the elves making it all look effortless, everything was just perfect. The kids had the time of their lives, Santa kept them smiling and at ease, and the elves took every ounce of stress off me — basically turning me from “organizer” to “legend”! Can’t wait to work with you all again and sprinkle more festive chaos next time!

    Omnicom, Brisbane

  • I just wanted to thank you for another wonderful Christmas event in Camberwell Junction. The backdrop and props always look so striking in people's photos, and Bill had them in, up and ready with little fuss. Santa not only looked incredible again but did an amazing job. He was patient, kind and engaging with everyone who visited. Great job guys, see you next year.

    Camberwell Centre Association, Melbourne

  • Thank you so much, the event went really well, Santa did an absolutely amazing job being the best and kindest Santa. Huge shout out.

    City of Whitehorse, Melbourne

  • I've heard the event was a big hit, and Santa was fantastic. Thank you for another wonderful event! Looking forward to the next one this Friday

    Coulson Operations, Gold Coast

  • The entire team was thrilled to have the Elf entertainer, and we really enjoyed the photos taken. Thanks again for all your hard work

    McDonalds Australia, Melbourne

  • Please pass a big thank you to your team for the set up yesterday! Santa and the elf were great and very engaging with everyone!

    Taylor, Sydney

  • Please pass on my thank you to Santa from the weekend he was amazing and really great with the kids 10/10 recommend!

    Suburban Connect, Melbourne

  • We had great feedback from Santa, and we appreciated Santa staying after handing out the gifts to the kids and entertaining the entire party.

    The Baxter Family, Gold Coast

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Gifts Delivered

38725

Public Sightings

13

Years Running

73903

Special Appearances

Santa visits many places, see what he can bring to yours

Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Geelong, Ballarat, Wollongong, and many more…

  • Billykids-Haberfield
    Australian Government DoD
  • Central-Coast-Council
    Big-Red-Group
  • Bambini-ELC
    Corpus Christi – Parents Friends Association
  • Essendon-Football-Club
    Network-Seven-Sydney
  • Cisco-Melbourne
    EELS Parramatta-Rugby-League
  • Only About Children – Brighton-East
    Goldman Sachs – Melb-Sydney
  • Early-Expressions-Childcare
    Google-Sydney
  • Little-Learning-School-St-Leonards
    Greenwood-Early-Learning-Centre
  • Volkswagon-Sydney
    The-Red-Republic
  • Optus-Singtel
    Trinity Early Learning Centre – Gladesville
  • City-of-Parramatta
    United-Service-Club
  • Whitehorse-City-Council
    Huntingdale Golf Course

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Why Choose Us:

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Professional expertise

The Real Santa has over 10 years of experience adding magic to all sorts of events across Australia. We have an extremely high customer satisfaction rate, people love what we do and book us year after year.

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Quality Performers

All our performers are fully trained, professional and handpicked to spread the Christmas magic. All our performers have Working with Children Checks, and have Public Liability cover.

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Great range of Props

We offer a variety of Props for hire to match your business and event needs. Our hire periods are flexible, from minimum one hour to full day bookings, or a whole week to the whole silly season, whatever work for you.

Child Safety

We take Child Safety extremely seriously. Not only are our performers carefully screened and hold Working with Children Checks, we also incorporate a thorough induction on the 'Child Safe Code of Conduct' in our comprehensive training.

Inclusivity

The Real Santa promotes and practices Inclusivity at all levels - we do not discriminate against race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, political leaning, physical or mental ability, etc. We celebrate the diversity of our communities!

Operation since 1998

We have been spreading the Christmas Magic in Australia since 1998. We expanded from 1 performer and 1 city to over 60 performers across 8 cities in that time and continue to grow while maintain the boutique, personal experience.