The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Santa visits be virtual or outdoors with masks and six feet of distance. The coronavirus pandemic has caused Santa to get creative and swap mall visits for virtual, digital chats with children and families all over the world. He said he didn’t know whether kids sat in Santa’s lap, but noted his own young children stood beside him. “I wouldn’t have done anything different with anything other than the Santa Claus visit,” Parker told The Washington Post. “They were exposed just like everybody else, and I’m still not regretful that they had the experience,” he told The Washington Post.

Source: Washington Post December 16, 2020 00:52 UTC