The tiny tot stared at Saint Nick through the clear plastic Snow Globe set up on Main Street Ketchum. As Santa read her name from his Nice Kids list, she reached out and touched her hand on the plastic that protected her from Santa and Santa from her.
It would be the closest she would get to Santa in a Year of COVID. But it meant that Santa cared enough that he would not be AWOL in this strangest of years.
Santa had set up this protective Snow Globe in Ketchum to introduce a new line of toys—the Randimals, a curious breed of animals that included a zebra-kangaroo combo named Zangaroo. But it was the human “touch” that resonated with the kids. Relive this moment in Sun Valley’s past in today’s Eye on Sun Valley video.