“The tree never comes down,” according to Phillip L. Wenz, 51, who is in character year-round and is the Santa at Santa’s Village Azoosment Park, a Christmas-themed attraction and zoo that is open May through October. In the spring and summer, the 2010 International Santa Hall of Fame inductee says, “Santa is still encouraging good habits, asking the children what they’re doing over summer vacation, what they’re reading, and how baseball season is going.”