MONTREAL — A Montreal shopping mall is getting criticized for trotting out Santa Claus on Remembrance Day. Saint Nick arrives at Place Versailles on Saturday morning — about an hour before ceremonies are held to honour Canada’s war dead. The mall’s management has been lambasted online — with social media users calling on Santa’s visit to be rescheduled. But in response, the mall says it isn’t logistically possible to have Santa come another day. Management apologized in a Facebook post and says it will also mark Remembrance Day in some fashion.

Source: National Post November 09, 2017 15:11 UTC