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For all those who enjoyed seeing Gary Weaver dressed up as Santa in last month's newsletter, we thought we owed a little bit of backstory! Enjoy Part 2 below—as told by Tom Kelso!
“It was late on a Friday afternoon in early December. Gary and I were the only ones left in the Castle Valley office on the third floor of the old Baptist Church in Doylestown. This was in 1999 in the early days of our firm. I took a call from a Buckingham Township Supervisor, which was unusual for late in the day on a Friday. He asked if we could do a big favor for him and, at that moment, I was left in a sort of animated suspension wondering what was coming next. He went on to explain how the usual Santa (the Township’s Building Inspector) was sick and they wondered if Gary could rush over to the Fire Company AND “don his gay apparel and take over.” I, of course, assured him Gary would be a great Santa and would definitely be there.
Telling Gary was a different story. Gary and I have worked together for over thirty years and that was the only time I have seen him panic and respond that he didn’t think he could take on an assignment.
The following discussion and convincing included: "Taking one for the team"; "Buckingham is one of our best clients"; "It will be easy"; "All you have to do is come up with a good 'Ho Ho Ho'”; and “Don’t agree to deliver on the bb gun and pony requests from the children." With that and some practicing of his “Ho Ho Ho”, Gary became Santa. He survived that year and the next 23 years as the Buckingham Santa giving great tech advice to children if they opened that door by asking for any electronic gear.”
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