Meet Santa Max & Mrs. Claus

Santa Max has been a personal Santa to many of you for up to 17 years in the Charlotte, NC area. He has been a professional Santa since 2000.

Professionally, Harold Maxwell (MS in Agriculture and MA in Organizational Leadership from Western Kentucky University) is the CEO of Project Noah, Inc., a 501(c)(3) Kentucky nonprofit corporation. He oversees the construction, startup, operations, and marketing of all farm activities. He also received certification in Aquaponics from the University of the Virgin Islands.

Personally, "Max" (as friends and family call him) is married to Marge Maxwell and they have two children and seven grandchildren. His interests and hobbies include fly fishing, motorcycles, Scottish history, missions, world travel, and teaching sustainable farming.

Marge Maxwell is Santa Max's wife and the behind-the-scenes supervisor of the Santa Max Experience. She is the webmaster, designer of the ornaments, works with the elves, sets schedules, manages the registration and your valuable photos, answers all of your emails and questions, and more.

Professionally, Dr. Maxwell is an Emeritus professor of Educational Technology at Western Kentucky University and still teaches courses part-time. Marge received her B.S. in Special Education from UGA-Athens, and her M.S. (Special Education) and Ph.D. (Curriculum Instruction) from UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Maxwell has been teaching for over 40 years and has published two college textbooks with two other colleagues.

Personally, she is married to Harold Maxwell, aka Santa Max. She and Santa have one daughter, Noel (yes, birthday on Christmas Eve!), living in Germany with her awesome Army husband. Santa's son, Nathan, is married with six children. Marge's interests and hobbies include reading, sewing, plants, travel, and teaching techniques.