While Santa and Papa Elf were making a visit to a farm in East Windsor over the weekend, they ended up delivering more than just presents.
Both Santa - who is actually farmer Donald Rabida - the owner of Farmers Hayride - and Papa Elf - farmer Aaron Arthurs - sprang into action Saturday night to help a mother cow named Truly give birth to a baby calf.
They were in the middle of giving a hayride when it happened.
"I was in a little bit of shock. I was like 'OK, this just happened,'" Arthurs said.
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As the heartwarming scene played out, within minutes, onlookers saw the baby calf named Thankful take his first steps.
"They kept their distance, they watched from a distance, it really peaked the kids' interest and some of the moms, too," Rabida said.
They farmer's children were there, too, and surrounded the new calf with blankets and warm hay.
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"I rinsed the mouth out, the nostrils, making sure it's breathing," Rabida said.
"I'm just kind of trying to take mental notes because I don't know if I'm going to be put in this situation again...most likely!" Arthurs said.
Two blessings came in one night. Some even called it a Christmas miracle.
Two second calf born that day to another cow was a girl. They haven't named her yet.
