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Santa makes a special delivery in a fire truck
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December 19, 2023
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FORT HALL – The Christmas spirit was alive and well in Fort Hall Monday afternoon.
Fresh off a Christmas surprise in Idaho Falls over the weekend, Shelly Yorgeson and her team at Operation Christmas Magic, a nonprofit that provides holiday surprises for people around the world every year, delivered presents to students at Shoshone-Bannock High School.
“There were almost 300 people who came together last minute to make your day,” Yorgeson told the students in an assembly before the gifts arrived.
Students wrote letters to Santa several weeks ago and Santa showed up to deliver. He arrived in the bucket of a fire engine. Behind him was a truck pulling a trailer filled with presents. Santa’s elves handed out presents to 127 students with the letter they’d written attached to the front.
Principal Matthew Wilson tells EastIdahoNews.com this effort means the world to these students, some of whom have difficult home lives. He’s grateful to Yorgeson and Operation Christmas Magic for making this happen.
“Some of them asked for very small things — stuff for their families, stuff for their brothers and sisters. They take care of each other so I thought this was really thoughtful,” Wilson says. “I absolutely loved seeing all the smiles and the kids’ excitement. It was a special moment just being recognized by our community.”
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