2023-12-16 05:25:10
Imagine: you live in San Antonio, Texas, and there is a knock on your door. It’s Santa Claus. It does not go through the chimney due to its size (2.22 m). There is also no snow outside even though it is winter. A mild winter (15°C in town). In front of the amazed children of the home, Santa Claus – in the United States, he is called Santa Claus – pulls on his white beard to reveal his identity: it is Victor Wembanyama.
This scene is not from a movie. Between two matches against the Los Angeles Lakers on December 13 and then on the night of December 15 to 16, the Frenchman dressed in red, put on a fake beard and toured several homes to distribute gifts and tickets for his matches with the Spurs. “As part of the Spurs’ annual partnership with the Elf Louise Christmas Project, San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama played the role of Santa Claus to deliver Christmas gifts, Spurs tickets and holiday parties. end of year to children and families in need this Thursday evening. Wembanyama, along with his main elf and teammate, Julian Champagnie, went door to door for families in west San Antonio,” the NBA says.
Wemby scoured the neighborhoods of Bexar County to knock on doors and surprise families for whom the greatest gift was having the No. 1 pick in the draft in their home. “The project began in 1969 when the program’s founder, Louise Locker, was a student at Trinity University in San Antonio. She found that for many families in San Antonio, Christmas simply didn’t exist and began looking for a way to get some Christmas gifts to the children. The first year, she collected gifts for the children of 13 families. Currently, the organization is collecting more than 60,000 donations for distribution. The Elf Louise Christmas Project is an entirely voluntary organization that depends on generous donations from citizens and businesses. » It is not with such an initiative that Wembanyama’s popularity rating in San Antonio will go down.
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