Wanted: one good man, flamboyantly dressed, belly like Everest, fond of talking to Donner and Blitzen.
To sprinkle a little magic and faith on a cynical world.
You got a problem with that?
You want a piece of Santa, my man? Then suit up and come.
“I thought that was it,” says Apiti. “I thought he must want to teach the kids about giving. Then a man came into the hall with all the laptops.”
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Kāwhia s king of kindness, Sid Patel, gave each child at Kawhia School a laptop for Christmas. For Patel the expressions on the children’s faces said it all. “I really felt like Santa,” says Patel. “Their faces lit up like little diamonds, very shiny.” Patel said he gave the laptops as a way to invest in the future of each child. Patel, himself, struggles every day with severe dyslexia. He cannot read or write.