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[0:09] 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.
[0:21] 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.
[0:36] Kids also had fun playing games, creating crafts, and taking photos with Santa.
[3:46] Students from Suffolk Public Schools participated in the 18th annual Painting the Town for
[3:51] the Holidays on Tuesday, December 4th, and 3rd, December 6th.
[3:55] The art students from elementary, middle, and high school decorated windows at participating
[3:59] businesses in historic downtown Suffolk.
[14:44] 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...
[15:00] 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.
[15:28] I also like the fashion kind of sense like the coats. I like coats. I also like the
[15:35] colors like red and white and probably green because of Christmas.
[15:41] Today we are painting Jingle Bell Rock version of the Grinch and the winter wizard
[15:46] in a rat battle. I think we're gonna have the dog up here and then behind me is
[15:51] gonna be Santa and the by plane dropping presents at really kids. It's just really fun
[15:55] 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] He is the most energetic, fun person, always has a smile on his face, always manages to put me in a good mood.
[16:05] 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.
[16:11] It's really nice, it's definitely a good time.
[16:12] Just thank you for this opportunity, it's so fun, I'm really happy to do it.
[16:16] We are painting Jingle Bell Rock.
[16:22] So we've got all our famous characters rocking out to
[16:27] Santa's first melting guitar solo. I think the best thing is when you see in a young person
[16:35] the enthusiasm that you yourself have for making and designing and creating and when you see
[16:41] somebody go ooh I got a great idea and you're like gas that's a super rewarding kind
[16:48] of experience and feeling I would say that's probably the best cookies lots and lots
[16:56] of cookies lots of sugar lots of marshmallow nuts chocolate coconut everything cookie I love
[17:04] sharing cookies I love families when they get together to have cookies and share cookies
[17:09] and being picky to other people and celebrate the whole thing by getting fat.
[17:13] It is the best way to celebrate this season.
[17:16] I do it by making public art and doing something like this.
[17:22] I think it's
[17:26] insanely valuable because in the modern day,
[17:32] it's so busy and everything happens so fast.
[17:36] People are doing creative things all the time but you just don't notice it
[17:39] because they're everywhere and it's become such a big part of our world it's
[17:45] sometimes you don't stop to recognize how creative people are. So when you do
[17:51] something like this even simple things and it catches somebody's eye and
[17:56] they go ah and maybe it opens their eyes to the other things that are around them
[18:02] and starts to see things and just you know the world is full of creativity and
[18:08] created people and sometimes you got to put somebody in the eye to get them to notice
[18:14] it.
[18:15] So, I wish we could do this more than just Christmas time, but because it's Christmas
[18:19] and putting all the bright colors up, it's a really cool way to kind of get people to
[18:25] look around and never be bringing some cookies.
[19:11] Thanks for watching this segment of Suffolk at Minds.