HOLIDAY MEMORIES OF BILL SACKTER Excerpted from The man who would be Santa, a chapter in the biography of Bill Sackter written by Tom Walz. Called The Unlikely Celebrity, the book is available at Uptown Bills in Iowa City or from your favorite independent bookstore. Bill Sackter clearly had a special charm that drew people of all ages, races and social classes. His inner self flowed with such innocence that children followed him as they might the Pied Piper. In the place of a flute, Bill played the harmonica. I suspect it was these personal attributes that made Bill so suitable for the role of Santa Claus. In most respects, Bill was the perfect Santa, except perhaps for the fact he was Jewish. When he was in his late 60s he was the right age to play Decembers mythical hero. His short, roly-poly body could not have been better crafted for the part. Also, his beard was long and unruly, and touched with the right shade of gray. He loved to laugh. He had eyes that twinkled; he had feet that could not stop dancing (or prancing); and he had a spontaneous ho-ho-ho that made up about five percent of his vocabulary.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 21:37:48 +0000
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