AORBSantas Curator
Santa Ric Erwin was among the most active of the professional Santas who comprised the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas; during its heyday, he served AORBS as:
- P.R. Coordinator & Media Liaison
- Official Videographer & Archivalist
- Inland Empire Lodge Director
- His company, Ric~N~Vic Productions, LLC, donated thousands of dollars worth of free services each year to AORBS and its members
- He was among the first AORBS members to realize what Nick Trolli & Jeff Germann were doing, and to sound the alarm for his fellow Santas
- He soon became one of the earliest members to be banned from AORBS by Nick Trolli & Jeff Germann
- He helped set up Santa Talk on Yahoo.com-- an online refugee camp for the hundreds of fellow Santas who were quitting or being kicked out of AORBS by Nick Trolli & Jeff Germann
- He was one of the first ex-AORBS members to advocate against continued attempts to wrest control of AORBS back from Nick Trolli & Jeff Germann-- due mainly to the overwhelming civil & criminal liabilities they were accumulating in its name
- He was a Founding Charter Member of an entirely new Santa organization: the FRATERNAL ORDER OF REAL BEARDED SANTAS (FORBS) (click to visit their website)
- He now proudly serves FORBS as National Secretary, Webmaster, Orange County Chapter Vice President, Director-At-Large and Chair of several standing & ad hoc committees
- He also serves as National Director for the International Order of Santas (IOS) (click to visit their website), a less-structured & mostly-online social network that includes ALL members of the Christmas Community
Mailing Address
Santa Ric Erwin28241 Crown Valley Pkwy, F209
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
ricnvicproductions@cox.net