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Santa Claus Hears CNN Family's Christmas Wishes

Aired December 22, 2000 - 10:21 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: We have a very special guest with us this morning: none other than Santa Claus joining us right here.

SANTA CLAUS: Very good.

KAGAN: He's with us.

Hi, Santa, good morning.

SANTA CLAUS: Well, good morning. I've got my arms loaded here.

KAGAN: You certainly do. Who do you have with you?

SANTA CLAUS: Well, I -- gosh sakes, without Mrs. Claus here and a bunch of -- you know, got one of those older moments here.

KAGAN: Oh, we need some Santa's helpers. Those beautiful faces.

SANTA CLAUS: All of these folks, they're wonderful. And this young lady here, I believe it's Ari (ph).

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: R (ph).

SANTA CLAUS: It's R, OK -- wants a baby doll.

KAGAN: And she's going to hop down, get over here with brother. And Patrick over here, I didn't hear from you, Patrick. What's the one thing you want most?

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

SANTA CLAUS: Two things? Which one is the most important?

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

SANTA CLAUS: Oh, OK. We'll let you hop down. And let's let -- OK, and you're big sister for Patrick. All right. And how about telling me what's the one thing on your list.

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: The Easy Bake Oven.

SANTA CLAUS: Easy Bake Oven. Well, my gracious. They are very popular. We've been hearing about those for years. Well, we'll just have to be sure about that. OK, now your turn. Come on up here. You haven't had a chance to talk to me. OK. And can you tell me -- you can tell me who you are. Who are you?

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Kelushi (ph).

SANTA CLAUS: Kelushi. OK. Can you tell what one thing you want for Christmas?

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: A Barbie house.

SANTA CLAUS: A Barbie house? Well, OK.

Let's get somebody else. OK, and I believe you're big sister to the young lady who was here first, aren't you? OK. Boy, and that's a pretty decoration you have on there.

Now, tell me, what's the one thing you want most for Christmas?

UNIDENTIFIED CHILD: Well, I'm not really sure, but I think -- well, I'm not really sure.

SANTA CLAUS: Well, maybe you can be sure to get it written down. You know, with modern technology I've been getting a lot of e-mails, and that's sure helped things out a lot, OK?

Well, let's get on to the next young lady over here.

And good morning. How are you?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good.

SANTA CLAUS: Good. You want to sit right there. And tell me, how old are you this year?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Nine.

SANTA CLAUS: Nine? I was going to say you were 10. Time goes by in such a hurry. OK, and what's the one thing that's most important for you?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A scooter.

SANTA CLAUS: A what?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A scooter.

SANTA CLAUS: At scooter? Now, wait a minute. I've gotten bad vibes on some of those. Now, you realize with that you're going to have to have a lot of other protective equipment. You have to have something for you head, your elbows, your hands, your knees. That's the kind of scooter you're talking about, isn't it? And where are you going to ride that scooter?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: In my neighborhood. SANTA CLAUS: In your neighborhood. Well, that's not too good an idea perhaps, because you know there are a lot of vehicles out there and you really need to be sure that it's a safe place, because that's important. Because we don't want more people hurt and going to emergency rooms because they've gotten a scooter on Christmas. OK? Good.

SANTA CLAUS: All right, let's see if we can get the next young lady who's got her arms full with this cute young lady right here. All right, why don't you just come over. Hold on to her. No, you just hold on to her, OK, because I think she's happier. When she was first here with dad, she was pretty comfortable, and I think she can do well with you.

And let me comment what pretty eye makeup you have on this morning. And what's on your list?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Lots of clothes.

SANTA CLAUS: Lots of clothes. Well, that sounds pretty good. Now -- oh, the young man who's helping me over here. And who are you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm Archie.

SANTA CLAUS: Archie. OK, and how old are you this year?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Eleven.

SANTA CLAUS: That's 6th grade, is it?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

SANTA CLAUS: And how's it going?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Good.

SANTA CLAUS: Good. And what's the most important thing on your list, Archie?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE)

SANTA CLAUS: Oh, I see. Well, let's see. Now, did we have anyone else here we needed to talk to? I think we've gotten everybody. And that young lady right there who's 11-months-old, I understand, is not about to tell me what she wants.

Well, how about you there, anchor lady? I was checking my list.

KAGAN: You were?

SANTA CLAUS: Yes. And, you know, it looks like you got more checks in the good column than you did the bad column. I want to compliment you on that.

KAGAN: Well, thank you very much, Santa Claus. Does that mean I'll be getting everything on my list? SANTA CLAUS: No, no, no, no.

KAGAN: NO.

(LAUGHTER)

SANTA CLAUS: Not everything. But it's a conservative year. And, of course, your normal associate, Bill, he's off today, I understand.

KAGAN: Yes, Bill, we decided to give him something he hasn't had a lot of in the last couple months, and this is a day off.

SANTA CLAUS: I see. Well, it's always fun to visit with you people here. Of course, I must say it was a bit of a job getting by security coming in here at CNN this morning.

KAGAN: Yes, they're a little tough. Unless you bring your Santa ID, they're not going to let you in. But as Santa, I didn't know that you're using e-mail. Had I known, I would have been e-mailing my list to you.

SANTA CLAUS: Oh, it's saving a tremendous amount of things. You know, with the pocket devices that we've got now and laptops, Mrs. Claus and the elves can read all of the information instead of the scribble that I've had to be putting up with in the past. So that's made a whale of a difference.

KAGAN: Very good. Well, Santa, if you're not too busy -- and we do realize this is your busy crunch time of year -- we're going to ask you to stick around, and also be with us in our next hour here on CNN.

SANTA CLAUS: Very good.

KAGAN: Very good. And even more children; even more of our CNN family coming in.

Now, while Santa Claus -- thank you, Santa, by the way, and thanks to all those kids. You guys did great. And it really is making our holiday more joyful around here.

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