Monday, December 21, 2009

Santa Comes to Palm Springs

Santa Claus made a special visit to Palm Springs yesterday. Our local newspaper The Desert Sun reported on the event and took these photos. It was the fifth year in a row that Santa made the trip to our desert to hand out gifts to kids at the Palm Springs Air Museum. With the dramatic backdrop of our beautiful San Jacinto mountains, Santa's helicopter touched down amid excitement and buzz of the locals. His presence has gotten everyone in the Christmas spirit here in the desert, especially the kids!

above: another photo from The Desert Sun, showing Santa greeting a little boy during his visit. Its great when the magic of Christmas affects people so positively. Of course the religious aspect of Christmas is most important, but for little kids, this sure brings it all to life.
Happy Holidays!
-Rick Rockhill

3 comments:

lime said...

i have a friend who grew up in hawaii and said santa came on a surfboard so why not a helicopter? lol. looks like fun.

Lois Grebowski said...

Oh, I LOVE that... That photo o awwwwww!

KathyA said...

That must have been thrilling for everyone! What a gorgeous Santa!!!

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