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If you ask Art’s two kids what their dad does for a living, they will tell you quite sincerely, ‘My daddy works for Santa’.

They wouldn’t be wrong.

After all, Art has surrounded himself with toys and games since his time at Otis College of Art & Design. While there, Art collaborated with Disney Consumer Products to increase Disney’s store placement and helped launch their first line of “Disney’s Goofy Jr. Sports Toys”. After he earned his BA in Fine Arts, Art continued immersing himself in the ‘Santa-world’ of toys. His early professional career was spent designing toys for such well-known brands as SpongeBob SquarePants™, The Simpsons™, Powerpuff Girls™, Dora the Explorer™, and Fairly OddParents™.

Although Art is limited in height (a trait he shares with other, better-known, Santa helpers), he is certainly not limited in creative ideas. His artwork has been published in design books and he has contributed art direction to an award winning children’s holiday book, The Great Mrs. Claus.

If you ask Art’s two kids what their dad does for a living, they will tell you quite sincerely, ‘My daddy works for Santa’. They wouldn’t be wrong. After all, Art has surrounded himself with toys and games since his time at Otis College of Art & Design. While there, Art collaborated with Disney Consumer Products to increase Disney’s store placement and helped launch their first li... More