Real Santa Claus Comes From Finland

Santa Claus from Finland sent gifts to rare disease children in the office of TFRD on December 22th, by the contribution of Fubon Charity Foundation, Fubon Life Insurance Co., Ltd., and The Howard Plaza Hotel Taipei.

On the afternoon of December 22th, 40 rare disease children gathered in Taipei Head Office of TFRD. Just as everyone was immersed in the Christmas stories and ready for the upcoming Christmas, a tall and big silhouette suddenly appeared. He has silver hair with fluffy mustache all over his face, and he wore red hat and red robe with boots on his feet. It turned out to be a Santa Claus and the children couldn’t help but exclaimed and jumped excitedly. Following the guidance of Mr. Wang from Tian-Lai Chorus, Santa Claus and the children sang the well-known Christmas songs: “Christmas Eve” and “Merry Christmas” and “Christmas Ringtones”, and finally they made Christmas wishes together.

In fact, many children yearned to meet Santa Claus as soon as they knew about his coming. Hui-Jun, who suffers from SMA, also joined this event with her husband and children. Hui-Jun, with disabilities, and her husband run a lottery shop for living. After their child was born in August last year, they have raised hopes about their future. They want to make a wish to the Santa Claus for sending her family health and safety every day.

Mrs. Tsai, the CEO of the Fubon Charity Foundation, who made the visit of the Santa Claus came true, showed up in the same day. It is worth mentioning that on the 22nd, it was the winter solstice and the Fubon Foundation prepared hot tang-yuan for everyone, which made people feel warm physically and emotionally.   

Christmas is a holiday full of hopes and heartwarming, and it is even more meaningful for rare disease families who suffer from the disease all the time. Mrs. Serena Wu, the founder of TFRD, said, “In addition to thank Finnish Santa for coming far from Finland and sending gifts to children. We would also like to thank to the Howard Plaza Hotel Taipei, Fubon Charity Foundation and Fubon Life Insuranc