1 00:00:09,970 --> 00:00:19,610 In this segment of Suffolk headlines, we have lunch with Santa at the Northern Shore's Recreation Center. Then we watch talented art students from Suffolk Public Schools paint the town for the holidays. 2 00:00:21,290 --> 00:00:36,330 Families were able to have lunch with Santa at the Northern Shore's Recreation Center on Saturday, December 1st. Children ages 12 and under participated in this holiday-filled event with a donation of one new unwrap toy that will be donated to a local charity. Adults could have lunch as well for only $5. 3 00:00:36,330 --> 00:00:41,070 Kids also had fun playing games, creating crafts, and taking photos with Santa. 4 00:03:46,910 --> 00:03:51,210 Students from Suffolk Public Schools participated in the 18th annual Painting the Town for 5 00:03:51,210 --> 00:03:55,070 the Holidays on Tuesday, December 4th, and 3rd, December 6th. 6 00:03:55,070 --> 00:03:59,170 The art students from elementary, middle, and high school decorated windows at participating 7 00:03:59,170 --> 00:04:01,650 businesses in historic downtown Suffolk. 8 00:14:44,620 --> 00:14:59,960 And of course, it's great. It's inspired from rock kind of Christmas kind of. So we have an assana, it's like a new rock guitar. We're having like little elves with music notes and all this stuff. Because someone who is in like really... 9 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:28,460 Talkative, I feel like you can express to yourself through art and the way you draw. I teach it. She's really nice and she is able to teach us. She has experience so she can teach us when we need help. She's sure we're just doing this. When we are having trouble doing some art stuff. Just some of the winter. Who likes, you know, like every kid. 10 00:15:28,460 --> 00:15:35,800 I also like the fashion kind of sense like the coats. I like coats. I also like the 11 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:40,740 colors like red and white and probably green because of Christmas. 12 00:15:41,980 --> 00:15:46,780 Today we are painting Jingle Bell Rock version of the Grinch and the winter wizard 13 00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:51,140 in a rat battle. I think we're gonna have the dog up here and then behind me is 14 00:15:51,140 --> 00:15:55,000 gonna be Santa and the by plane dropping presents at really kids. It's just really fun 15 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:59,840 and it's no way to express myself, I really get to lose myself in it too, so it just makes me happy. 16 00:16:00,300 --> 00:16:05,040 He is the most energetic, fun person, always has a smile on his face, always manages to put me in a good mood. 17 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:11,040 It's my last pass of the day too, so it's really just like a cool down, like get all my energy out for the day. 18 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:12,780 It's really nice, it's definitely a good time. 19 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,020 Just thank you for this opportunity, it's so fun, I'm really happy to do it. 20 00:16:16,020 --> 00:16:20,660 We are painting Jingle Bell Rock. 21 00:16:22,870 --> 00:16:27,170 So we've got all our famous characters rocking out to 22 00:16:27,170 --> 00:16:35,110 Santa's first melting guitar solo. I think the best thing is when you see in a young person 23 00:16:35,110 --> 00:16:41,390 the enthusiasm that you yourself have for making and designing and creating and when you see 24 00:16:41,390 --> 00:16:48,090 somebody go ooh I got a great idea and you're like gas that's a super rewarding kind 25 00:16:48,090 --> 00:16:56,370 of experience and feeling I would say that's probably the best cookies lots and lots 26 00:16:56,370 --> 00:17:04,410 of cookies lots of sugar lots of marshmallow nuts chocolate coconut everything cookie I love 27 00:17:04,410 --> 00:17:09,050 sharing cookies I love families when they get together to have cookies and share cookies 28 00:17:09,050 --> 00:17:12,630 and being picky to other people and celebrate the whole thing by getting fat. 29 00:17:13,430 --> 00:17:16,130 It is the best way to celebrate this season. 30 00:17:16,590 --> 00:17:22,350 I do it by making public art and doing something like this. 31 00:17:22,550 --> 00:17:23,110 I think it's 32 00:17:26,020 --> 00:17:32,260 insanely valuable because in the modern day, 33 00:17:32,660 --> 00:17:35,380 it's so busy and everything happens so fast. 34 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,860 People are doing creative things all the time but you just don't notice it 35 00:17:39,860 --> 00:17:45,300 because they're everywhere and it's become such a big part of our world it's 36 00:17:45,300 --> 00:17:51,320 sometimes you don't stop to recognize how creative people are. So when you do 37 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:56,540 something like this even simple things and it catches somebody's eye and 38 00:17:56,540 --> 00:18:02,680 they go ah and maybe it opens their eyes to the other things that are around them 39 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:08,840 and starts to see things and just you know the world is full of creativity and 40 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:14,660 created people and sometimes you got to put somebody in the eye to get them to notice 41 00:18:14,660 --> 00:18:14,940 it. 42 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:19,900 So, I wish we could do this more than just Christmas time, but because it's Christmas 43 00:18:19,900 --> 00:18:25,580 and putting all the bright colors up, it's a really cool way to kind of get people to 44 00:18:25,580 --> 00:18:28,500 look around and never be bringing some cookies. 45 00:19:11,770 --> 00:19:14,370 Thanks for watching this segment of Suffolk at Minds.