Friday December 4, 2020
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Cairns Local News
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Up close and personal with Santa
Ashleigh Karaitiana from the Melbourne Boomers with her beautiful daughter Kalea meets Santa at Bailey Hotel in Cairns DECEMBER is here and we all turn our thoughts to Christmas. The big jolly old Santa is busy making final preparations and ensuring everything is ship shape for his overnight blitz delivering toys to all the boys and girls.
and as a result we are ahead lots of boys and girls in Vicof the game and ready for toria as well as overseas who Christmas.” have been in lock-down. So “I also planned this trip please be kind and think of because the borders were them first.” opened, allowing me to catch Q. What’s the best part of up with some friends and being Santa? spread some joy before the “Easy, I love the way a Cairns Local News was big day” face lights up on Christmas fortunate to catch up for an Q. Has COVID affected morning when the kiddies exclusive chat with the jolly your team at all? see all the presents I have old man during a recent pro“The misses got a small left for them. The squeals of motional tour through North dose, but we isolated her in joy and laughter makes my Queensland. the toy storage room. Fortu- job so much more enjoyaSeated in the foyer of Bai- nately we had some doctors ble.” ley in Cairns CBD the big and nurses kits so Alabaster Q. What’s the least favourman looked resplendent, if Snowball, my Elf Chief of ite part of being Santa? not a little hot in his fur-lined Staff was able to administer “Gee it’s the know-it-all suit, but willing to discuss all care and Mrs Claus is as fit kids and adults who do not things Christmas. as you can possibly imagine believe. They feel they know Q. Santa, how have you now.” best, but the magic of Christmanaged to get time away Q. OK Santa, what advice mas is very special, and you for this PR tour? Surely do you have for all our cannot see the wind, nor can you are too busy at this readers out there? you capture the wind, but it’s time of year? “Be kind this year. Take real, it’s there and like Santa “Well, COVID has helped the time to help a friend. you can feel the effect of the us this year. We’ve been in COVID has been nasty for spirit of Christmas. So to the lock-down at the North Pole so many people and there’s doubting Thomas’s out there,
please believe. The world is weight, so leave a carrot or a better place when the spirit two out for Rudolf and the of Christmas is all around.” team, they really need a carQ. Is Rudolf still your fa- rot or two to get through the vourite reindeer? night.” “I admire Rudolf so much. He was bullied and he overcame the bullies. That’s a good and a very positive thing. I know so many children are bullied, so be like Rudolf, you can overcome bullies without fighting back. Be strong, show bullies just how special you can be.”
Q. How do you recover after Christmas?
“Well the Misses and I are planning to relax and unwind. It’s been a big year and we are looking forward to coming back here to Cairns, after Christmas and having a few quiet weeks just doing nothQ. How do you visit all the ing. Might even try diving millions of children around on the reef. Who knows, I’m hoping I get a reef trip vouchthe world? Now that’s magic. All I er myself for Christmas.” know is that time seems to Well before I could blink stand still and it’s amazing the great man was off, he had just how quickly we work. too much to do and too many Q. Do you like it when chil- people to see. So I guess we dren leave milk and cook- will have to wait patiently for ies out for you? Christmas Day and see what “Oh, I love it, but I’m strug- magic Santa has in store for gling a bit this year with my us.
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