In a slightly different setting, with a Christmas tree made of gift boxes, the youngest members of the "Triglav" Association welcomed Santa Claus at the premises of the Pelagić Cultural and Artistic Association in Banja Luka.
On Saturday, December 20, 2025, they came with their parents and grandparents to see what gifts they had received from Santa Claus this year.
The attendees were greeted by the president of the Association, Mladen Lunić, who said that he was happy that a large number of children had gathered to welcome Santa Claus together and expressed the hope that some of them would join the Slovenian language classes organized by the Triglav Association in Banja Luka and Slatina. Then, teacher Metoda greeted the attendees and introduced the students of the Slovenian language classes who prepared the play "Mirror" and performed with it in Subotica at the "Rainbow" festival. The students showed what they had learned in an interesting way and received great applause.
And at the first sounds of the well-known song "Jingles" the children eagerly awaited Santa Claus. However, he appeared with a black beard and a black coat and said he was "Black Non-Santa Claus". He said that he doesn't give but takes gifts and that he only gives gifts to children who didn't behave well over the year. And since all our children were good and obedient, the real Santa Claus came and with the help of the children, he poured magic powder on the Black Non-Santa Claus who turned into his good assistant again. The assistant danced with the children, led them into the carriage and at the end helped Santa Claus to distribute the presents to the children.
This was another nice event in our Association, which we realized with the help of the Association for the Development of Voluntary Work, and the most important thing is that the children went home happy.
Ana Marjanović
