guys it's and man again we've got another tree lighting ceremony in belmont two thousand and eighteen mike and i have been doing this for a decade now going out talking to all the kids and santa claus is going to be common but one very important thing i want you know before we start and that is that my office every year eighty four leonard street belmont leading edge collects for the food pantry we collect year round this year we've got a stand that's out on the street but we've also got a place right inside the office so if you're out on the street you can show you can come on in and this is year round now right now in belmont we are transferring the food pantry so if instead of bringing cans this year we don't have a place to storm if you wouldn't mind a small check so that we can help our fellow members of our community out who are just struggling a little bit i know we've got a lot of holiday things going on but let's take care of each other ok friend mike here who's in the dare program at the belmont schools tell me something mike who are we waiting for tonight we are waiting for the guest of all we're waiting for santa claus and should be arriving soon and our policemen are our friends and we love the way they better than the years before they've got security now are we out to say hi to a lot of kids night and wait for santa claus on yeah yeah we are right because we know these guys can talk but you know what they can do yes and who's the best soccer coach on the planet she was but that's how what we're here for we're here to do what tonight see santa right who loves santa i do you do too and when you know light up the tree it's going to be a lot of yea and and champions is so nice because they always make sure that the reindeer brushed and combed and ready to go with their booties on so they're going to be landing any minute now can you tell me who you are joey from champion sporting goods jets we are so excited to we got here tom we all know obviously everybody knows him kids if you see tom or any of his friends come into your house at night it's because they're your friend and they want to help us so if you average see anybody in a uniform just like santa loves them for taking care of you need to choose so you know reach your arms up let him grab you and help you out of the house right thank you so much heidi for taking such good care we're just waiting for the superstar to show up and what are we all waiting for you guys right have we been good this year is this like the coolest thing ever yeah so any minute now if you look in the sky we should be seeing them landed somewhere around here and then the fireman take him in because they want to be safe on the streets of tel mont it's very exciting so he should be landing any time now  yet he so sneaky that santa he's magic very exciting night and then you're going to go visit him when he comes we go and we light the tree up and then we're going to go over to the end of the street where the bank is because the horse and carriage is going to take him now we're going to sit on a slab and we're going to tell what we want and mom's going to get a picture to put on the fridge rater yeah so don't forget to smile i want you all to meet one of my very good friends max max is wonderful he's got great  had to get his new running shoes on before he could go one out in the streets of belmont  yeah tonight that must be just a super super special thing yeah this is good and you know what and he picks who he wants to meet st so he knew you were up there all right i've got my girls with me why do your sad yeah yeah what do we want preston yeah presence that's a good choice all right so i mean there's also the petting zoo is out there right so you're going to get to talk to the animals if you have allergies be careful exciting ok are big we're getting ready and they've got i hear number of kids in town getting ready to give them the best greeting they've ever had i think they should have school off tomorrow we'll talk to the super dead it up for now and you call these guys every time you want a day or night i've got their cell phone numbers well talk about electric cars solar panels were here for you baby thank you it's always let me get another name oh kerry benson and i've got her number i remember when you were playing that that was tiny i mean compared to our you might want to turn your body and out a little can i get your name come on honey guys we all got candy in our hands everybody's getting hungry we look at the camera and wave and say we so i'm walking down the street so belmont center and i see these two yellow lovely young ladies what are we doing here tonight girls we're selling bracelets for project the so basically we sell the bracelets and all the proceeds go to woman and god for education isn't that great women in guyana for education can we get in touch with you after tonight if we want to buy bracelets sale how do we do that on you have to go to mary chassis about one high school belmont high school mary chassis so you can call alice melnyk off who's part of community service because she'll know all about this and we're going to help educate girls families but it's a tough time for some people who are struggling and we want to make sure there's enough food on the table for our whole population i watch juliette's been doing this with me for years and it's a great cause it's a lot of five it's a beautiful night out here tonight too bad not everyone is here we're collecting for the belmont food pantry which is going to be moving into town hall in just a few weeks so monetary donations are great and could be done on their websites or if you want to run  girls hi alaina i'm grazing land racer here they're here to help out so joyce a favor because we're moving the food pantry instead of putting things bringing in canned goods which are heavy and we have no place belmont tony and we believe in saving the planet so all of his new house is online belmont tony and dot com and if you open the web page there's my advertisement because i love and what's a little sister's name she's going to fail calla camera yet and put a big smile on and say happy h mia and so easy about isabel what's in front of this big carriage do we know elmo yeah ok so there's an elmo doll here but what pulls the carriage and that we really enjoy coming every year i think this is our th year coming on i think so yes it is so you can go up and say hello to the receiver going to say hello to her thank you so much really appreciate snowball fight that's awesome guy got my nobody's there is great to see you look at the camera say your name these guys were crazy during the open house but they landed it so it all worked out the crowd was so long to get in here i snuck in the back door nobody does so much to make this belmont a better place to live in the actually the whole planet and see how soon we do all sorts of projects like collecting food the food pantry have you decided what you want yes yes yes yes me what you want for christmas doc good luck with that one kid maybe you'll get a stuffed animal oh have you decided what you want for christmas  not yet yeah i got like three minutes ok what's it go the town meeting member and she does everything she can just like all the residents showed to make belmont a better place not as much a day so much love you guys say hi to santa for me ok a little bit of a line so you might want to  yeah i love that ha now belles on the street we got hot chocolate goodnight happy holidays baby thing what's your name hairs harrison who are we going to go see i'm santa you're going to go is the sand also in my class is confusing they were just called and i don't know why i had to have the lead on them but then i know more special as they got later and were both in the same class and were both six while you know what you got a gift with the conversation i think you should be a i have been fine yeah i know it's not really fun waiting in line but what we're waiting for is fun they've got candy canes in there have you seen animals yet know wow well they were here all night yellow get a chance to guys that were going to be thing and we wish you a merry christmas and i want to introduce you to my sometimes we started song and forget the word no did you try the popcorn for the bank is really on i don't know i might want to send i might have already caught up with them  girl that a baby yeah will get it to pass that night after light at the town we don't have to go to school yet come  hi guys i'm back in my office at leading edge real estate on leonard street and i want to thank so much my crew i got monica here safe and happy to be here and we are thrilled to say that with very his very good friends yes i'm a late getting now we are grateful to be here we love that you guys are watching thank you so much below our media center we appreciate you putting us on every year so the kids get a chance to see themselves on t v and feel as special as they