Visiting Santa

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your kids are too young to understand that Santa is social distancing this year, they are too young to remember sitting on his lap. Teach your kids to be good citizens and skip it.

Why you want to drag your kids to some strip mall to sit on a stranger’s lap and ask for things has always escaped me though. So there’s that.

No one is sitting on Santa’s lap this year. Santas will all be socially distanced and/or behind plexiglass. Photos will be done with children set apart, not on his lap. I’ve gotten the details of plans from several malls and other Santa spots via email.

[Anonymous]

Just stay home and leave poor Santa alone.

What is it about the fact that we are in the midst of a pandemic that people do not understand?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just stay home and leave poor Santa alone.

What is it about the fact that we are in the midst of a pandemic that people do not understand?

So you want Santa to lose all of his income for the year? And be broke at Christmas? That's the spirit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just stay home and leave poor Santa alone.

What is it about the fact that we are in the midst of a pandemic that people do not understand?

So you want Santa to lose all of his income for the year? And be broke at Christmas? That's the spirit.

No one dressing up as Santa for 3 weeks in December is doing it for a living. Santa is getting his social security check.

[Anonymous]

So you want Santa to lose all of his income for the year? And be broke at Christmas? That's the spirit.

So, our household is dealing with a spouse who has been laid off. We could ill afford the job loss. No, I do not wish lost revenue on anyone. I would like you people like you to exercise some self control so that we can get things under control and people can get back to work and have a reliable income. We are hand to mouth at this point and not sure what kind of Christmas our children will have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kids are too young to understand that Santa is social distancing this year, they are too young to remember sitting on his lap. Teach your kids to be good citizens and skip it.

Why you want to drag your kids to some strip mall to sit on a stranger’s lap and ask for things has always escaped me though. So there’s that.

No one is sitting on Santa’s lap this year. Santas will all be socially distanced and/or behind plexiglass. Photos will be done with children set apart, not on his lap. I’ve gotten the details of plans from several malls and other Santa spots via email.

Well, that sounds like so much fun. Totally worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are definitely visiting Santa this year. My kids have missed enough. I'm officially done making my kids miss out on stuff. They have timed appointments, social distancing requirements and masks.

My kids have missed out on a lot too. But getting my top priorities for them (one of which is in-person school) requires test positivity percent and case load to go down in VA where I live. Know how to do that? The basic guidance all boils down to: try to limit time indoors with people not from your household. So we'll keep looking for outdoor opportunities for them to do stuff, but no inside.

If you want to do Santa, I get it. But look for an outside one, perhaps?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

So you want Santa to lose all of his income for the year? And be broke at Christmas? That's the spirit.

So, our household is dealing with a spouse who has been laid off. We could ill afford the job loss. No, I do not wish lost revenue on anyone. I would like you people like you to exercise some self control so that we can get things under control and people can get back to work and have a reliable income. We are hand to mouth at this point and not sure what kind of Christmas our children will have.

Sorry, but people who take their kid to see Santa masked and through plexiglass this year are not the problem. People having unmasked dinner parties, going to indoor restaurants, and traveling all over the place are the problem. Wear your darn mask and socially distance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone taking their children to see Santa? I saw an ad for Bass Pro Shop where Santa is behind a plexi glass wall and the children sit in front of it on a small bench.
Also the Springfield Mall is offering Zoom Chats with Santa as well.

I'm planning to buy some new Christmas Decor and set up a mini photo session (I'll be the photographer) with my kids and send those pictures out with our Christmas Cards.

I can think of nothing more irresponsible, and stupid, than taking a child to see Santa during a pandemic!

[Anonymous]

I can think of nothing more irresponsible, and stupid, than taking a child to see Santa during a pandemic!

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I can think of nothing more irresponsible, and stupid, than taking a child to see Santa during a pandemic!

+1000

Yes, this. I can’t believe how idiotic and selfish people are. Her kids have missed out on enough? Like her kids are uniquely afflicted? No, your kids don’t see Santa because it’s not safe because of coronavirus. My freaking 4 year old knows this. She’s be happy to lecture anyone about it. Getting the pandemic under control requires sacrifice. Teach your children about sacrifice, and how to care for others. Tell them, we sacrifice for a year so we can have the rest of our lives to live, and others can too. We sacrifice because it’s the right thing to do. And stop being a selfish jerk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I can think of nothing more irresponsible, and stupid, than taking a child to see Santa during a pandemic!

+1000

Yes, this. I can’t believe how idiotic and selfish people are. Her kids have missed out on enough? Like her kids are uniquely afflicted? No, your kids don’t see Santa because it’s not safe because of coronavirus. My freaking 4 year old knows this. She’s be happy to lecture anyone about it. Getting the pandemic under control requires sacrifice. Teach your children about sacrifice, and how to care for others. Tell them, we sacrifice for a year so we can have the rest of our lives to live, and others can too. We sacrifice because it’s the right thing to do. And stop being a selfish jerk.

And while you are preaching that children should continue to be the ones to sacrifice in all this, I know you aren’t going out to eat, drink, work out, or socialize outside of your immediate family, correct?

- mom who will NOT be taking her children to see Santa this year, but is tired of kids getting the short end of the stick on everything these days

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are definitely visiting Santa this year. My kids have missed enough. I'm officially done making my kids miss out on stuff. They have timed appointments, social distancing requirements and masks.

Do your kids really care as much as you care about the photo op? Every mall Santa line I’ve seen has kids fidgeting, whining, crying, etc.

[Anonymous]

Hey everybody let’s all make this The Best Christmas we can with what we have and stop being so negative! I have the solution, and proof is in the pudding when you see the joy on the kids faces from having an intimate and fun time with Santa & Mr. & Mrs. Claus. It’s time to get in the holiday spirit!
Check out: stupendouseventsll.com

They do a simply amazing 30-45min virtual zoom calls to the North Pole and its better than the mall by far!

[Anonymous]

Sorry it’s stupendouseventsllc.com, sorry!