We had quite a weekend. Mix sickness, sleeping in a hotel with noisy people, etc.
The highlight however was our visit with Santa.

Maelie and him go way back as you can see. He is a pretty funny guy.

It shows that it is November and this is one of the first weekends that Santa worked at the mall. The staff was very calm and Santa was relaxed and pleasant, and the line up was non-existant.

I don't actually think Maelie remembered to tell him anything that she would like for Christmas though.
What I saw after Maelie's visit to Santa was what melted my heart. An elderly man brought his adult mentally and physically disabled son to visit Santa. They stood the young man up and Santa greeted him with a big hug and treated him like gold. He complimented him on how much he grew in the past year. He helped the man sit down beside him on his big chair. The whole scene brought me to tears. How accepting and loving Santa was. I mentioned this to Maelie and she reminded me that Santa does love and treat everyone the same.