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Santa Claus in Pueblo Entertains Children at Home Depot

Aired December 13, 2001 - 06:57   ET

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CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: Well for those of you who have always heard that Santa Claus works out of the North Pole, our next report may come as a bit of a surprise.

Affiliate station KKTV reporter Chris Ornelas discovered a jolly old Saint Nick hard at work at a Pueblo, Colorado home improvement store.

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FRANCIS MAZANEC, SANTA CLAUS: Have you got your Christmas tree up, Angelique (ph)?

CHRIS ORNELAS, KKTV-TV REPORTER: In case you didn't know, Santa Claus spends a lot of time at the Home Depot in Pueblo.

MAZANEC: You have to have a tree so I know where to put your presents, right?

ORNELAS: Today, a group of three and four-year-olds from Pueblo Headstart got to come in and help Santa make presents.

MAZANEC: They're always my helpers on -- near Christmas time.

ORNELAS: Some couldn't resist showing off all their Christmas knowledge to the big man himself.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And Comet, and Cupid and Donder and Blitzen.

WENDY MONTOUR, TEACHER: It was wonderful. This was a very age- appropriate field trip for the three year olds. It was a -- they gave them hands-on activities and that's what three year olds need.

MAZANEC: What do we do with this, guys?

ORNELAS: After giving everyone a tour of his gigantic workshop, Santa told us he loves having the little ones over.

MAZANEC: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) I think you just have to like people and enjoy being with children.

ORNELAS: Santa hopes these children learn the lessons about Christmas that he's known all along. MAZANEC: You're always wanting to help people and be generous and be kind. That's what Christmas is all about.

ORNELAS: But after a long day at the workshop...

MAZANEC: It's been a hard day today, all that painting.

ORNELAS: ... it was time to go.

CHILDREN AND TEACHERS: Bye. Bye. Bye-bye. Bye.

MAZANEC: Everybody be good. See you at Christmas.

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CALLAWAY: That was affiliate station KKTV reporter Chris Ornelas reporting.

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