Santa Mike is
Coming to Town!
The Professional Signing Santa Claus
of Eastern North Carolina
Professional Signing Santa Claus available for both In-Person Visits in Eastern NC and Video Visits
“Signing Santa” Mike Chapman has been a professional American Sign Language interpreter since 1988 and has been a Santa Claus Portrayal Artist since 2019.
In high school and college, he was involved in Speech Team and Drama, including performing in multiple stage performances. He was also involved in a high school Mime Troupe. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education and has completed an Interpreter Training Program to become an ASL Interpreter.
While still in college, he performed as a Santa once and thoroughly enjoyed it, secretly hoping to do it again in the future. He finally got the chance when, in 2019, he was asked to volunteer as Santa at a Signing Santa event at a local mall. He followed up that experience the same evening by volunteering as a Signing Santa at a local non-profit serving Deaf people for their annual Christmas Party. That same mall called him back in 2020 and Santa Mike became their full-time Santa through 2022.
Since then, he has also provided Virtual ASL visits for families, Schools for the Deaf; ASL Video Greetings; and In-Person ASL visits to Schools for the Deaf, mainstreamed Deaf programs, Deaf Community events, and mainstreamed Special Needs classrooms.
Santa Mike has shared his knowledge on working with Deaf people with other Santas at the Worldwide Santa Claus Summit and at the Northern Lights Santa Academy. He has also taught sign language classes at his church for many years.
Signing Santa Testimonials
★★★★★
“For many of our students, they have never had the opportunity to talk to Santa. They may not have even had the opportunity to talk to their parents about Santa or about their wish list for Christmas. When we first did this a couple of years ago with this signing Santa, it was amazing to watch. Even our high school students would be so excited to sit on Santa's lap and tell [Mr & Mrs. Claus] what they wanted for Christmas.... So being able to have signing Santa come and make [Santa] accessible to our students is very powerful. This Santa is amazing because he has this whole magical world constructed and he has an answer for everything.... And that's what these students carry with them when they leave.”
- Michele - Residential School for the Deaf Customer - annual school-wide event
★★★★★
“It was a great experience for our kids and staff. Having an accessible Santa made a big impact. Everyone was impressed with the professionalism and care shown during the event. Santa Mike had great communication before and during the event. He genuinely cared about his time with each child. He was considerate and asked each child if it was ok to take a picture and put his arm around them. Scheduling was easy with flexibility with dates and times, especially on short notice during the busiest season.”
- Shannon (Signing Santa Customer - mainstream )
Book a Signing Santa Visit
Booking is simple, go to the “Santa Mike of Eastern NC” website and look at the Rates for the type of visits -
ALL ASL VISITS GET A 10% DISCOUNT ON THE REGULAR RATES - just mention “ASL” when booking.