Armen Ashotyan dresses up as Santa and appears before kindergarten children (video)
Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan today acted as Santa Claus for a Christmas party at one of the nursery schools in Yerevan.
Dressed up as Santa Claus, the minister showed up at the end of the event with a big sack full of gifts, greeted the children, asked them questions and gave presents to all children from his sack.
None of the children guessed that they were receiving gifts from the minister.
I think I rejoiced more than the children. Everything was fine. I put aside the evil of the passing year and received positive energy from the children,” the minister said, hardly restraining his tears. The idea of becoming a Santa belongs to the minister. “I talked to the director of the nursery school who is my friend’s wife. I wanted to make a surprise and remain unnoticed until the last moment. She agreed not to tell anyone about the surprise,” Armen Ashotyan said.
The minister seemed pleased with his last performance of the year, which, he says was painstaking though it may appear simple at first sight.
“I am excited, I want this tale to become an integral part of everyone's life,” he said.
In reply to A1+ whether he had gone to a nursery school with love and pleasure, the minister said, “I did not go to a nursery school. I received home education. Of course, it is not a good idea because nursery schools help children integrate into society and lay the foundations of education."
Asked what other ministers should do to be more original, Armen Ashotyan said, “They are not responsible for a sector that deals with children. I am honored to head an agency that deals with 360 000 children. I think that everybody should mind their own business.”
