Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour welcomes Santa Clause

  • Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour - Santa with kids from Royal Far West charity. Photo credit Shane Rozario
  • Santa and elves abseil down Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour with Life's Beautiful Happy Xmas messaging Photo credit Shane Rozario
  • Santa and his elves descend Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour photo credit Shane Rozario
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Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour has welcomed Santa Clause to bring early Christmas presents to the children of the Royal Far West Charity.

Royal Far West is one of the charities supported by hotel owner, Dr. Jerry Schwartz, who organised for high-rise window cleaning entrepreneur Edvaldo Godoy of Updown Access to “sleigh” down the face of the Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour in full Santa outfit, accompanied by his chosen elves to celebrate the Christmas festive season.

They also brought down a message created by children proclaiming “Life’s Beautiful – Merry Xmas”.

At the base of Sofitel, they were eagerly welcomed by children from the Royal Far West charity, Australia’s only national charity dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of country children. The children are attending the Royal Far West School in Manly, which provides visiting country students with the opportunity to access health specialist and personalised learning.

Santa delivered gifts for the children, who were then treated to a silver service afternoon tea at the Sofitel.

“We do this event annually because it delivers so much joy to the kids and their parents,” Dr. Schwartz said. “This is the final day of their stay at the Royal Far West school, so it is a really positive way to end their visit to Sydney, and hopefully, they go home with happy memories of seeing Santa coming down a skyscraper with bags full of treats.”

Santa with Jerry Schwartz and elves at Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour.Santa with Jerry Schwartz and elves at Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour.

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