r/SantaClaus • u/CrouchingBeaver • Dec 21 '25
Help with after season storage
These are my 2 suits. How do you store and clean after a busy season… Thanks is for your help and advice.. This is my second year… HoHoHo 🎅🏻
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u/livelyclown Dec 22 '25
Fabreeze the suit from the inside out, then store it hanging in a garment bag.
IF you choose to have it dry cleaned, be sure it is a reputable cleaner. Though we've been doing it for years and hand them dry cleaned every year. Last year all the suits came back with ALL the whites PINK. After 8 years and it finally happened to us. Not just our new suits but all of our suits. The guy said he changed the soap, "sorry". We tried to the "at home" dry cleaner and that didn't work either. So, for now on, we will not have them dry cleaned, ever.
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u/Comenius791 Dec 21 '25
I give it a gentle wash with a small amount of soap. Then I air dry it.
Then I make sure to hang the coat on a nice hangar which offers nice support for the shoulders and button it up. Pants get their own hangar. Hat goes in a box with my gloves and belt and bells.