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Wonderful.
Oh, turn around.
Give them a look and a smile.
Today is our 31st fantasy flight to the North Pole.
We fly for about 30 to 40 minutes,
return, and bring them in a different door.
And inside is waiting a winter wonderland.
We have approximately 56 kids scheduled today
to board our 737 900.
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The children that we invite our children that
are sick and are suffering from cancer or leukemia,
or brain cancer.
He's really silly.
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He likes to wrestle and be fairly rough with his brothers.
He's just a very happy kid.
As a single mom, I think it's a lot harder
than from other couples that have Mom and Dad to be there
for the other children.
You want to ride on an airplane?
You do?
Do you want to go see Santa?
Mhm.
You do?
What it means to me isn't about getting to ride on an airplane
or whatnot.
It's for him to be in something Christmasy,
since he will be in the hospital through Christmas.
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We start working on this June, July.
Oh yeah.
I can't wait to see these kids.
Nice to see you.
Hi folks, we'd like to take a quick opportunity
to welcome you aboard our Santa flight one to the North Pole.
Everybody that does this is a volunteer.
It's amazing how many parents and kids have never
been on an airplane in their entire life.
And to take them a for a ride, and to watch the looks
on their faces is great.
So as we get ready to fly out of sight,
Santa said, Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good flight.
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I've asked the question.
Of course, everybody wants to know.
For him right now, it's a 30% chance.
But we're staying strong through it.
Staying positive.
Before he got diagnosed, I didn't know anything
about this stuff.
I didn't even know there was childhood cancers.
I want to go to these events, because being surrounded
with other cancer patients and their families
is being in one big family.
This is the one day that they get
to forget that they're as sick as they are.
They get to come in here and enjoy all the things
that we can bring to them for just a few hours.
They'd walk out of here happy, happy, happy.
The parents get to see their children smiling.
They're not in a hospital bed.
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Ho, ho, ho!
Merry Christmas, everybody!
(IN UNISON) Merry Christmas, Santa!
Did you have fun today, Sissy?
Oh yeah,
What did you do?
See Santa.
Oh, where did you see him?
At the North Pole.
That's right.
We need these good things.
And this fills up a year.
This fills up a year of good things.
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I love this part of my job.
We don't know how we touch someone's life.
But if I get just that split second to make them happy,
make that little kiddo smile, hold their hand,
fills you with joy.
They're incredible little people.
We love them.
We love them just like they're ours.
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