IBRBS MEMBER

Making Spirits Bright!

Bringing Joy, Love, and Christmas Magic!
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IBRBS Vision

To be the Premier Christmas Community in the World

IBRBS Mission

To keep Christmas magic in the hearts of children of all ages
by creating an international Christmas community

IBRBS Tenets

    • We uphold the magical spirit and meaning of Christmas.
    • We promote the joy of giving.
    • We respect the diversity of Christmas traditions throughout the world.
    • We uphold the positive image of Christmas performers.
    • We are aware of the impact and effect of our appearance at all times.
    • We support the principles embodied in the Real Beard Santa Claus Oath. (CLICK TO READ OATH)
    • We foster goodwill and cooperation throughout the entire Christmas Community.
    • We encourage members to participate in charitable and volunteer activities in their communities.
    • We promote a safe environment for all.
    • We will not do anything to embarrass the Christmas Community and the IBRBS organization by conduct, word, or deed.

Our Motto

SUPPORT • SHARE • INSPIRE

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Like a phoenix, IBRBS (formerly known as the International Brotherhood of Real Bearded Real Beard Santas) was reborn in December 2012 from the somewhat troubled history of some of the prior Real Beard Santa groups, with a plan to become the preeminent Real Beard Santa Community in the World; a leading organization of professional Real Beard Santas, Mrs Clauses, and supporting wives. Thousands of volunteer hours have been contributed each year to make IBRBS a member-driven, responsive group based on the legends and history of Real Beard Santa Claus and a guiding set of principles – our goals and tenets.

IBRBS is a 501(c)(7) organization that operates under a set of member-created and approved Bylaws, a flexible Policies and Procedures manual, and a corporate CORE structure to distribute the work amongst our elected Directors, Officers, and Committees. (See IBRBS structure.)

IBRBS provides its members with unique programs and important services detailed elsewhere on this website. These include both Christmas Performer School Scholarships, Educational Scholarships, Real Beard Santa’s Heart Charitable Recognition Program, discounted and subsidized Background Checks, individual performer’s liability insurance, and more.

IBRBS organizes and sponsors biennial International Real Beard Santa Celebrations (ISC), inviting members of the worldwide Christmas Performer Community to join us for several days of socialization and education. Our next scheduled event is the ISC 2024 Memphis, to be held on April 25-28, 2024. Both our ISC 2018 Denver and ISC 2022 Atlanta were a big successes, supporting over 400 and 550 members of the greater Christmas community respectively — members and non-members alike.

IBRBS continues to grow its membership dramatically. We’ve added hundreds of members in the last several years, reaching a significant milestone in early 2018 — more than 2,000 members. Today, we’re an exciting, vibrant group of Christmas Performers with over 2,200 full members. Our Bylaws require our full members to perform as a real-bearded Real Beard Santa Claus. However, effective 1/1/2021, we introduced our new website design and we now accept qualified Christmas Performers as associate members.

🎅🏻 Would you like to experience the Christmas magic?
Contact us today to book your special Real Beard Santa Claus visit!
904-254-7010
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