Most of us Calgarians have seen this Christmas miracle created by West Jet employees here in Calgary. I want to make sure my non-Canadian blogging community also gets a chance! If you ask me, their money spent to do this is way more meaningful than any cheesy commercial they might have created. If you need some Christmas spirit, get your kleenex out and watch this!
This is awesome and if you don’t feel remotely festive yet this will make you! It did for me! West Jet are an airline who decided to grant people their christmas wishes, with a bit of digital magic. A bit like the SNCF adverts I recently posted about they give flyers a real-time meeting with Santa via video link. Scanning their boarding pass allows Santa to know the kids names, and Santa proceeds to have a good old chat with the kids and the family, asking what they want for Christmas. One boy wanted a “choo-choo train” and another grown up man wanted pants and socks! The things people ask for! Once everyone had had a go, some West Jet elves, in the airport the customers flight was due to land at ran (literally) to the shops and bought, yes BOUGH ALL THE ITEMS the people had asked Santa for!…
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Jennifer's Journal said:
Wonderful reblog, D!
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dianasschwenk said:
Thanks Jennifer! I hear it’s a tad cold out your way…
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Jennifer's Journal said:
Yes, very! It doesn’t usually get this cold here until January or February. You’ve had it cold too I hear.
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dianasschwenk said:
Yup. Same story. Having January weather here. So much for global warming, eh? Can’t complain though, it’s -41 in Yellowknife today with a wind index of -50!
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Jennifer's Journal said:
OMG! This is bad enough. Paul said the same thing yesterday about global warming. The wind chill here today makes it feel like -23.
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dianasschwenk said:
Brrrr!
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Jennifer's Journal said:
All ready for Christmas? Are you travelling to see your family?
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dianasschwenk said:
I’m never ready for Christmas! No, I don’t think I’ll even see my daughter this year. But I’ve been invited to spend Christmas with a friend (who is like a brother to me) and his family. 🙂
How ’bout you? All ready? Travelling?
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Jennifer's Journal said:
I hope you enjoy the holidays, however you spend them. x
All I have left to do is baking. I always bring goodies to the kids and grandkids – we go in town Christmas Eve to the day after Boxing Day. Hoping the weather complies. 🙂
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dianasschwenk said:
Sounds lovely. Happy Holidays to you and yours!
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Jennifer's Journal said:
You too, sweetie. 🙂
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russtowne said:
I’m glad you too spread the word about this wonderful video. I saw it on FB and shared it on my blog too. What a wonderful–and very smart–thing for this company and its employees to do. We’re helping to give it millions of dollars of free advertising and I’m happy to do it!
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dianasschwenk said:
I don’t know if you know this but West Jet also said if they reached 200,000 views they would fly family members to a Ronald McDonald House so that they could be close to their sick child! They have more than surpassed that goal!
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sedge808 said:
fab
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dianasschwenk said:
I’ve watched it a few times and cry every time!
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Professions for PEACE said:
Love this!! Thanks for passing it along Diana 🙂 Cheers, Gina
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dianasschwenk said:
my pleasure!
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elizabeth2560 said:
Yes, the Kleenex were definitely required. What an amazing story!
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dianasschwenk said:
I agree. It’s got spirit and humanity!
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