Weekend Scene

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS ...

Santa hears wishes at a Blaisdell craft fair

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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.

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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.

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Above left, Sierra Moniz, 5, hesitated in approaching Santa
yesterday before telling him her wishes.

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Even Don Martin, 71, visited Santa. Martin, a cancer patient,
said later that Vannatta serves as his caretaker as
he undergoes therapy.

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Laura Dux, 7, pondered her wish list to Santa yesterday.

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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

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Gerard Gordon, 3, got a big hug from Santa.