December 16, 2021, Updated December 5, 2022

Remember when children could still sit on Santa’s lap? And those days – that seem so long ago now – when you could visit his grotto without a mask, or without being told to stand two meters apart?

Well, we know it’s not the same this year, but to help you get in the mood and enjoy some Christmas spirit from days gone by – take a look at our video on the Jerusalem Santa. You can’t get more Christmassy than this.

Let’s hope that by next Christmas, finally, after two hard years, things will be back to normal.

Executive Producer – Jonathan Baruch

Producer / Director – Haim Silberstein

Camera – Ari Amit

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