CLICK TO SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS

Starbulletin.com


Monday, November 26, 2001



Weekend Scene

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS ...

Santa hears wishes at a Blaisdell craft fair


GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
Fourteen-month-old Torri Koizumi put up a bit of a struggle
yesterday with Santa, played by Wilum Vannatta, as he was
about to be photographed at the Island-Wide Handcrafters
Christmas Fair at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall.




GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
Looking befuddled over the ritual of visiting Santa, a k a Wilum Vannatta,
7-month-old twins Asia and Kiana Espinueva-Manuel sat with the jolly
one at yesterday's Island-Wide Handcrafters Christmas Fair at Blaisdell Center.




GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
Above left, Sierra Moniz, 5, hesitated in approaching Santa
yesterday before telling him her wishes.




GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
Even Don Martin, 71, visited Santa. Martin, a cancer patient,
said later that Vannatta serves as his caretaker as
he undergoes therapy.




GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
Laura Dux, 7, pondered her wish list to Santa yesterday.




GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
Mary Pacheco of Kaneohe enticed her 1-1/2-year-old daughter,
Joe Hannah, to sit still as she and her sister Christinn were
about to be photographed




GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
Gerard Gordon, 3, got a big hug from Santa.





E-mail to City Desk


Text Site Directory:
[News] [Business] [Features] [Sports] [Editorial] [Do It Electric!]
[Classified Ads] [Search] [Subscribe] [Info] [Letter to Editor]
[Feedback]



© 2001 Honolulu Star-Bulletin
https://archives.starbulletin.com