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No sitting on Santa’s lap this year.
According to TMZ, some states across the country are going to allow Santa to return to the malls this season, as long as he is six feet away from the kids and behind plexiglass.
Here is what it will look like in the brave states that will allow the big guy’s presence:
It’s unclear which states might ban Santa, but we could guess based on the governors.

The report adds that any kids looking to give Santa their list may also need a temperature check. If they want a picture, they must put on their masks and not get too close to Father Christmas (Google says people call him that).
This might seem extreme, but it’s not enough for some. CNN’s Jake Tapper wants to cancel Christmas entirely. Joy Reid probably thinks the holidays are offensive and awful. And this pathetic outlet wants Santa hidden in a basement like he’s running for president:
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and the fact that Santa's age and weight put him at high risk for severe illness, mall owners are going ahead with plans to bring him back this year. https://t.co/JAZkAWPejL
— FOX 11 Los Angeles (@FOXLA) November 16, 2020
COVID leaders Andrew Cuomo, Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, and Don Lemon have yet to take on Christmas. Right now, they are busy canceling Thanksgiving, locking their state down, and ending friendships. Wait until they go after Santa…
Under these circumstances it is probably better not to have the kids interact with Santa. Might lead to kids coming to view Santa as a threat to their health. Do your own Santa or wait until next year is my opinion.
WTF?!!! Can’t wait to take my kids to see Santa!
Oh wait… I live in PA so we won’t be allowed to celebrate Christmas.
I thought Santa Claus was MAGICAL…impervious to politics…
Saint Nick…Kris Kringle…Father Christmas…Sinterklass…Papá Noel…Dun Che Lao Ren (“Christmas Old Man” in China), Santa Kurohsu (Japanese interpretation of American Santa) and Hoteiosho (Japanese tradition of a gift-giving Buddhist monk), Dead Moroz (“Grandfather Frost” in Russia), Julenissen, Jultomte, Julemand, Jólasveinar, and Joulupukki (in Scandanavia)…Agios Vasilios (Greek for Saint Basil, a saint of the Greek Orthodox Church).
Two strikes against one of the great holidays/holydays in all the world…Patriarchy and Religion. So if the cheaters win, they decide the rules…that’s how it works, right?
It’s not a lockdown if you have no friends or hate people.
Bobby voted for this. 3 times a day. Hot pocket and soy milk
Make that plexiglass bulletproof and it’s just like seeing Santa in Detroit during a normal year.
when are we going to stop running from a cold virus? What has become of our grit???