the Phoenixville santa experience and holiday Portraits in studio

No gimmicks, we make actual real in person memories during our experience. If your group books our Basic Santa Experience, you will meet Mr. Klaus in person. If you book one of our Zoom Session Experiences, you will have one-on-one time virtually with him. He is real and his interactions with your group will be prompted by the experience unfolding in real time.

There is no guarantees that every child is ready to see and joyfully interact with Santa. If you fear your young child will be afraid, the Santa Experience may not be the session for you in 2024. If your child is showing hesitation once the experience starts, Santa can work on warming your child up within the session time to get a handful of photos with him, or we can ask Santa to step out to take a "milk & cookies break" and we can take nice holiday portraits of your child solo on our set. If there is a resistance, we can not force happiness and joy on a child. There are no refunds if you or your child decides they would rather have solo portraits taken. So please consider this before booking.

Both sessions require advanced booking. Both sessions include scheduled (aka no lines no waiting) time with Santa inside our Phoenixville photography studio. Both sessions are delivered via an online gallery for viewing, choosing, and purchasing digital files, prints, and heirloom products.

The Santa Experience includes 30 minutes with Santa Claus with access to all our indoor holiday sets. These sessions are highly individualized for every family to really bring the holiday spirit alive. Santa gauges each participant and drives the session in the direction which will bring the most magic and excitement to the set during their time together. No two sessions are ever the same as everyone reacts differently to the many activities that Santa has planned!

The Santa Meet & Greet sessions are a much shorter time with Santa. Santa will be stationary on our main holiday set ready to welcome his guests for posed photos. Participants can sit or stand. There are no props available for these shorter sessions.

You will be photographed from HEAD to TOE to the TIPS OF YOUR FINGERS - so every bit of your outfit(s) and appearance is greatly important. Our 2024 set is mostly made of neutral whites and beiges with a large presence of evergreen decorations. Santa's suit is a deep maroon red color. Changing outfits in the middle of the session is strongly discouraged as the session time slot is very strict, so any changing of clothing will take away from shooting time. The time slot can not be extended based on this lost time. Participants may be standing, moving, and sitting throughout the session, so an outfit that does not require much adjustment between photos is the best.

Short answer: The 2024 Santa Meet & Greet sessions are all about getting posed photos on Santa's knee, wish lists, and smiling at the camera!

Long answer: Our Santa Experience sessions are designed for a fully immersive experience with Santa. If it flows naturally, we can certainly do the old school staged "everyone look at the camera and smile", but this is not the focus on what the Santa Experience is all about. This isn't a traditional photography session that has standard poses, but a live photojournalist documentation of the participants interactions with Santa.

Our experiences are for the young and the young at heart. We encourage children to come visit with Santa. We encourage couples to visit with Santa. We encourage grandparents and grandchildren to visit with Santa. We encourage pets to visit with Santa.

We suggest a maximum of 4 participants per 30 minute block. You may book extra time to accommodate extra participants from the same family or you may book additional featured experiences with Santa. All the participants MUST be from the same family - multiple households are not allowed in the studio at the same time for the health and safety of everyone.

A few restrictions: If you're booking for your child, individual children must be able to sit unassisted or they will need to be photographed with an adult on set. Multi-Families must book two different sessions. Orders may not be combined. If you have a special scenario request, please email us prior to booking your session time. cheers@foxandbrazen.com

Yes! Our Santa is 100% the real Santa! We know there are many elves out there helping Santa visit all the boys and girls, but we've got a contract with the real deal at our studio. Santa certainly has taken some of his time off in 2020 to be more health conscious and introduce a new health and beauty regiment. Santa has dedicated 2020 to improving and highlighting his most known features by keeping in mind a natural, more youthful appearance. You may say he looks like Santa "two point oh".

Our Santa 2.0 has the ability to sit on the ground with your kiddos, crawl around on the floor, and even dance with them. Our Santa has enjoyed visiting with his friends at the Northern Lights Santa Academy as well as discussing motivation for well known characters with Tony Award Nominated actor Alex Brightman.

No, and please be honest with us because your decision to attend under questionable health may effect the experience for others if Santa gets sick and we need to postpone future sessions. We're happy to do our best to accommodate a reschedule for another date in 2024 if it means keeping everyone safe and healthy. Our Santa Experience will become unavailable if our staff needs to self quarantine during the holiday season and this would be a disappointment to many children whom look forward to meeting Saint Nicholas in 2024. 

If you're just a fan of good ol' Saint Nick and would like to book a session to just chat - there is no product purchase requirement, however most families plan to invest in one of our heirloom albums, canvases, or products so year after year they can revisit and see the memories they have created with Santa.

We do not require any purchases beyond the experience fee, but truth be told - most people fall in love with the magic of meeting Santa. The images and moments we create together will be a lasting memory of this experience. We sell print, heirloom product, and digital collections that are available for purchase during your initial booking sale. If you prefer to not add any product up front, that is not a problem (though at the initial booking you will get the best pricing on our products). After your initial experience investment, our wall art starts at $1.25 per square inch and our albums begin at $750. Some families spend $500, others spend $5,000, but the important thing to note is these heirloom products and memories will last for your children's children to see the joy their parents had meeting Santa.

This is a completely magical experience that our participants will not soon forget. Realistically, the only similarity between visiting Santa at the mall and Santa at our studio... is well, both involve a red suit and that's it.

Our Santa Experiences at Fox & Brazen are all about the moments created with Santa - and best of all, no lines and no waiting! You'll have a specific appointment time and your group will be the only ones in our studio at the time of your session.

This is more than just sitting on Santa's knee. Your kiddos will be able to ask Santa any questions they can dream up and Santa will measure up participants to see if they made the naughty or nice list (spoiler alert - all kids made the nice list). Our photographer will be capturing photos of the participants interacting with Santa during the entire experience so you'll have plenty of photos to choose from when it comes time to view your gallery of images.

Did we mention, this is a 1000% judgement free zone? We welcome adults to revisit the magic of Christmas with our Santa Experiences and the interactions will be tailored specifically for the group at hand. We have exclusive Proposal or Gender Reveal Sessions available to book where Santa can help deliver the big news! Or for those who may enjoy a spirited libation, we have an exclusive add-on experience for our 21+ adults.

Our Add-On Experiences are limited and change annually - so if you see one that looks interesting you better book it! It may not be available next year!

Our Santa Experiences include all the props needed to spark moments and capture memories on our holiday set - so really there is no need to bring any items with you besides your group.

That being said... if you feel any group members may be hesitant to hangout with Santa we encourage you to bring a favorite toy or stuffie that perhaps this group member can have a show and tell with Santa. For example, perhaps your young child loves to play with cars and would like to show Santa some of his/her favorite vehicles. Please feel free to bring them - Santa would love to play cars with your little one during their time together.

Please note - IF you bring something onto our set it WILL be photographed - so if your child happens to bring a bright pink hot wheels car... it WILL be in the photos and it may clash Santa's suit and the styling of our 2024 holiday set. We do strongly recommend trying to bring toys or props that have a vintage or holiday vibe.

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania is located in Chester County about 30 miles outside of Philadelphia and a quick fifteen minute drive from King of Prussia. West Chester is less than 20 miles with a straight shot down route 202 to our great town of Phoenixville. Phoenixville is located 5 minutes down the road from Valley Forge and is easily accessible from many major roads.
Here are the general instructions from the Phoenixville Chamber of Commerce website:

From Points East:
Take PA Turnpike West, Exit for US 422W towards Pottstown
Take exit PA-29S towards Phoenixville, Left onto Phoenixville/Collegeville Road
Continue to Bridge Street

From Points West:
Take PA Turnpike East, Exit 320 PA 29N
Right onto PA 29N, Left on Nutt Road, Right onto Main Street

From Points North:
Take US 422E towards Pottstown, Take exit PA-29S towards Phoenixville, Right onto Phoenixville/Collegeville Road
Continue to Bridge Street

From Points South:
Take US 202N, Exit for PA-401 towards Frazer
Left onto Mill Lane, Right onto Phoenixville Pike to PA-29N
Left onto Nutt Road, immediate Right onto Main Street

The base experience includes 30 minutes on our photography set with Santa. Our 2024 collections include some digital files as well. Please view the Collections at this link for specifics.

Extending the session allows extra time which works perfectly for larger families (more than 3 children), children with special needs, potential uncooperative children (those scared of Santa), and first timers that are nervous about knowing if they have enough time. Some groups also extend the time so everyone gets a fair amount of time with Santa!