Santa's arrival brings smiles

          The smiles tell the story of how thrilled these young children are to see Santa Claus.

THE children of Cayman got their

Pitcairn, as he waited in the Santa line

chance to see Santa Clans arrive by

with his daughter. Sophie.

airplane on Saturday 11 December, when

The Kiwanis Club was grateful to Style

he visited the Airport car park, across

96.5 FM for publicizing the event and to

from Foster's Food Fair.

Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) and

The special children's party, called

KPMG for their sponsorship.

'Santa's landing,' was organized by the

Later, the event featured an appearance

Kiwanis Club of Grand Cayman.

by CUC's mascot, Sparky the Turtle,

Islands Air helped, by airlifting Santa

who added a Caribbean flavour to the

from one end of Owen Roberts

proceedings as he gave out candies and

International Airport runway to the other,

balloons.

as excited children waited for Santa to

Kiwanis fundraising Chairman, Arie

make his appearance.

Barendrecht said: "We were pleased to

A very long line of children

see so many children coming to Santa's

accompanied by their mothers and

Landing. We had 500 children last year,

fathers, waiting to see Santa Claus,

and this year we expected a lot less, but

stretched right across the park, while

we had around 450 children, so we are

other children played on side attractions

very pleased."

such as the bouncy castle and the merry-

This is the 24th year that the Kiwanis

go-round.

Club has organized this special event for

Smiles on the faces of the children told

Cayman's children. "We are planning an

the story of how excited they were.

even bigger event for next year." added

"It's a wonderful day for the children,"

Mr Barendrecht.

said one of the fathers, IT expert. Tony

Source:  Cayman Net News 15 December 2004