Christmas 2019: Elephant Santas give gifts to school children, form Christmas tree
Christmas 2019: While the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ has come, the elephants were dressed up as Santa to give gifts and candies to children as a tradition in Thailand. Christmas celebration has been running for 15 years at Jirasartwitthaya kindergarten school in Ayutthaya, Thailand.
For Christmas 2019, four tuskers and their mahouts wearing Santa caps were seen giving presents to the students, Lardthongtare Meepan, owner of the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace, an elephant camp, said. In fact, the elephants were dancing and showing their tricks to the children. Meanwhile, the elephants and children formed a Christmas tree as well.
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A primary school student, Patcharamon Sukpiromsunti, stated that "I am very happy to see them and they are very cute. I love elephants because it dances very cute." Meanwhile, another student, Pasitha Sithapak, said that "It made me feel like I have a lot of friends. The elephants gave us candies, toys, dolls and so many other things."
The elephant is Thailand's national animal. While Thaliand is 98 per cent Buddhist, Christmas is celebrated here as the year-end holiday season. Meanwhile, in Netherlands, the Royal Dutch Guide Dog Foundation formed a unique Christmas tree which was decorated with dogs.
-PTC News
