Surprise brings tears of joy for one Cork family at charity's Santa extravaganza

The Cork City Hospitals Children’s Club pulled out all the stops at their two-day festive extravaganza for  deserving children at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Twins, James and Robert Levis wth their parents Vicky and Ivan from Carrigaline at the Cork City Hospitals Children's Club Winter Wonderland event at SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork City. Picture: Jim Coughlan

It was a moment Ivan and Vickie Levis will never forget and that saw an entire Santa’s grotto reduced to tears.

The Cork City Hospitals Children’s Club pulled out all the stops for the Levis' twin boys — 15-year-old Robert and James from Cork — who were among around 270 children attending the charity’s two-day festive extravaganza.