Elmo and Cookie Monster bring Xmas cheer to kids


Sesame Street surprise: Cookie Monster, Elmo and (from left) Isaac, Ti Shaun and Sriven getting ready for a group photo at the Penang Adventist Hospital. — George Cheah/THE STAR

GEORGE TOWN: When Elmo and Cookie Monster mascots waltzed into the children’s playroom at the Penang Adventist Hospital’s paediatric ward, five-year-old Isaac Capel hid behind his father’s back.

Clad in his favourite Batman T-shirt, a nervous Isaac refused to get anywhere near the mascots who were almost twice his height.

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