This Wednesday, millions of children around the world are impatiently awaiting the arrival of Christmas presents at their homes. SO, Santa Claus embarks on a magical journey that begins in Lapland and for which it is prepared throughout the year with the aim that all the children of the world have their gifts.
But as this task is truly complicated, Santa Claus benefits from the precious help of his elves and elvesthat make the magic of Christmas possible.
This Wednesday, Let’s see spoke live with Sparkle, the Santa’s Spanish Elf in Lapland: “I worked as an entertainer for many years and it was one of my big dreams. I found out it existed, that you could come here to work as an elf and I said ‘here we go’.”
“We have an elven school in which we are, more or less, a week. We learn songs, how to behave around humans… a little bit of everything. It’s difficult, but it’s easy to do,” Sparkle said.
Likewise, the elf explained what his daily life consists of: “What we do most is collect humanstake them to different places and be with Santa. “We take them to meet Santa, make Christmas decorations, cookies… A little bit of everything.”
Regarding Santa, Sparkle emphasized that he is her “best friend”: “It’s very funny, very nice… It’s really magical.» Furthermore, the young woman explained how children react to the presence of Santa Claus: “They become very nervous, some look as if to say ‘what am I doing?’ Normally, we are with them ten minutes before because we have to queue, we usually dance with them and they relax a bit. “We ask them what they want to say to Santa so they can think about it and prepare something.”
But the excitement is not only reserved for the little ones: Santa Claus also receives many visits from adults: “The families of adults who seem more excited about Santa than children“.
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