BY JESSICA PARKS
It’s a beloved holiday tradition!
Santa’s helpers transformed Marine
Park’s Carmine Carro Community
Center into a festive wonderland
workshop on Dec. 7 for the 26th annual
Santa in the Park, where hundreds of
jolly Brooklynites gathered for a day of
craft-making and gift-giving, said Marine
Park Community Association’s
president.
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“It was a beautiful day for the kids
and families in the neighborhood,”
said Bob Tracey. “Nearly 750 people
came through the center.”
Santa Claus made the trip down
from the North Pole to preside over the
festivities, listening to wish lists of the
youngins who sat aboard his sleigh —
which one mother said was a piece of
cake for her three-year-old, who was
afraid of Christmas’ top honcho at last
year’s event.
Revelers did arts and crafts (left), before meeting
Santa Claus (middle) at the ‘Santa in the Park’ event
in Marine Park. Photos by Zoe Freilich
“She walked right into his hands
and sat down,” said Fayanna Jarrett.
“Last year was a struggle, but this
year she jumped right into Santa’s
sleigh, she loved it.”
The annual event is organized as a
joint effort between the Marine Park
Community Association, the Parks
Department, and the Marine Park Alliance
with the help of volunteers and
community businesses — including
Home Depot, which lent a hand with
arts and crafts, Tracey said.
But not only did the children make
decorations, the chain home improvement
store also sent the young ones
home with toys they made themselves!
“Summer chose to get a truck
made,” Jarrett said. “And my older
daughter Chelsea made a Christmas
calendar.”
Santa’s helpers set up
shop in Marine Park
Invitation for the Shabbat
Beth Aaron Synagogue
of Sheepshead Bay – 2261 Bragg Street
in conjunction with
Rabbi Jacob London
Jewish Boys Yeshiva Gedolah
And
Congregation Talmud Torah
The Jewish Community is invited to join us
for Shabbat Services and Meals
We wish all our neighbors and friends a
Good Shabbos and Shabbat Shalom
Rabbi Sorcher
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