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"Last Word"-The Santa Shortage

JEFF YASTINE: And finally tonight, Germany is facing a dilemma this holiday season. It's running out of qualified Santa Clauses. A leading job agency there says an acute shortage of Santas to entertain children at shopping centers and Christmas parties. So it's looking for cheerful, chubby men, preferably with fluffy white beards and no criminal record to work for one month. Recruitment sessions are being held in cities across the country and of course, the pay is not how would you say reindeer feed, 75 euros, 60 euros an hour-- that's about $75 U.S.

KANGAS: Ho-ho-ho.

YASTINE: How would I look with a white beard?

KANGAS: You'd have to age a bit.