• Must be a new Santa, or have 2 years or less of Santa experience under your belt.
• Are NOT an alumnus and have never previously attended one of our sessions.
• Are available for all 4 days of our upcoming session from 8/21 through 8/24

Submissions must be received by June 7th, 2025, for this upcoming August 2025 session. Please note that if you fit the above qualifications but have already registered for our August session, you may apply for the scholarship and if you are selected as the winner, your tuition will be refunded.

VICE Media sent a documentary crew to our Fall 2021 session to film a piece about Santa Rick and the Northern Lights Santa Academy.  We would like to thank Daniel Zabludovsky and the rest of the incredibly talented collaborators who worked on this piece as well as the many student who participated!  Please click on the following link to watch the video:

Where Elite Santas Are Made

Making the Magic Happen
Indeed is the #1 job site in the world, with over 250 million unique visitors every month. They stopped by the Northern Lights Santa Academy to find out why professional development is just as important in the North Pole as it is for any other industry. Please click here to continue.

We are proud to announce the release of Jump Start Productions documentary “Santa School” on Amazon Prime Video.  Santa School was filmed at the September 2019 session of the Northern Lights Santa Academy!  Click here to watch “Santa School”.

Thank you to everyone who attended our 1st Zoom session, Live and Virtual Visits in the Age of Covid on July 26th!  We wish everyone a safe and merry 2020 season!