MY
MY DAY!!!
MY DAY!!! THANK YOU!
SPREADING
SPREADING CHRISTMAS CHEER! OH I LOVE IT THANK YOU!!!
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GUY
HOPPING ALONG THE
STREETS
STREETS OF DOWNTOWN BOISE? HE'S THE TREASURE
VALLEY'S VERY OWN
BUDDY THE ELF!
FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS,
THE HAS BEEN BRINGING
CHRISTMAS CHEER - AND
CANDY CANES - TO
EVERYONE HE RUNS INTO.
MAGGIE O'MARA TAKES US
DOWNTOWN ON A
HOLIDAY ADVENTURE
WITH BOISE'S BUDDY THE
ELF.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! HEY
BUDDY!!
HE MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY!
YOU DON'T SEE BUDDY
THE
THE ELF
THE ELF EVERY DAY! THIS IS BOISE'S BUDDY THE ELF... HE IS OFTEN
SPOTTED THIS TIME OF
YEAR DOWNTOWN.
I'M OUT ON THE STREETS
OF DOWNTOWN BOISE
SPREADING SOME
CHRISTMAS CHEER...
TAKING PICTURES WITH
KIDS, AND "ELFIES" WITH
ANYONE WHO ASKS!
HE
HE HAS
HE HAS EVEN STOPPED BY TO SEE THE BIG GUY HIMSELF. HE KNOWS HIM.
3-10 "SANTA!! IT'S ME
BUDDY!!"
WE RAN INTO SANTA AND
BUDDY THE ELF!
AND
AND HE
AND HE GAVE US CANDY CANES WHICH IS ALWAYS A PLUS!
SANTA SENT ME AHEAD
AS A SCOUT TO PREPARE
THE PEOPLE... GET THE
CHEER UP, THE HOLIDAY
CHEER UP! EXACTLY!
HAHAHA.
DAVE KEWLEY
WORKS AT MICRON BY
DAY, BUT HIS ALTER EGO -
IS BUDDY!
I HAPPEN TO LOOK A
LITTLE LIKE BUDDY THE
ELF, I HAVE THE OUTFIT, I
HAPPEN TO HAVE THE
SMILE AND A DESIRE TO
MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY AND
THAT'S WHAT I'M OUT TO
DO TODAY.
I'VE SCARED ABOUT HALF
THE KIDS, BUT THE REST
OF THEM HAVE LOVED ME
AND HUGGED ME.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, I'M
DOING GREAT BUDDY!
GIGGLES.
MERRY CHRISTMAS. I'M
MORE ELF SIZED THAN
YOU ARE... HOW TALL ARE
YOU? 6'3" BUT I AM A
HUMAN THAT WAS RAISED
BY ELVES THO.
I LOVE BUDDY THE ELF.
HE'S JUST THE EPITOME
OF CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
THERE WAS ONE COTTON
HEADED NINNY
MUGGINS...
MUGGINS...
I
I DON'T
I DON'T THINK THIS IS NORMAL... BUT BUDDY DOESN'T
MIND... MOST PEOPLE
LOVE HIM.
HE HEARS ALL KINDS OF
THINGS...
JUST THINGS LIKE YOU
MADE MY DAY, YOU MADE
MY HOLIDAY SEASON,
GOD BLESS YOU FOR
WHAT YOU ARE DOING,
JUST A LOT OF POSITIVITY.
LIKE THAT GUY OVER
THERE, HEY, MERRY
CHRISTMAS!
BUDDY I HOPE YOU FIND
YOUR DAD!
I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL,
WHY NOT!?
IT'S DEFINITELY A FUN
TRADITION, REALLY AS
LONG AS I'M ALIVE, I'LL
PROB KEEP BEING BUDDY
THE ELF.
I'M ALREADY ON MY
SECOND BUDDY THE ELF
SUIT... BECAUSE I WORE
THROUGH MY FIRST
BUDDY THE ELF SUIT...
WE'LL SEE HOW MANY
MORE I GO THROUGH!
HE'S BECOMING A BOISE
CHRISTMAS TRADITION...
I HAVE A FEELING I'LL BE
DOING THIS FOR YEARS TO
COME...
AND FOR ALL THE JOY BE
BRINGS, HE'S OUR
HOLIDAY SEVEN'S HERO!
IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR
A SEVEN'S HERO-