What was meant to be a jolly first year experience with ole Saint Nick turned out to be a sad one for a young boy at a mall in Illinois.
On Sunday, a mom posted a video on her Facebook, saying that she had to watch “my sweet little boy fight back tears because Santa told him No because of his own personal beliefs.” Apparently, the boy asked Santa at the Harlem Irving Plaza for a Nerf gun for Christmas this year, and that Santa said “Nope. No guns. Not even a Nerf gun. If your dad wants to bring it to you that’s fine, but I can’t bring it to you. What else would you like?” The child then proceeded to break down and cry as the mom explained that this Santa “was just a helper and not the real guy.”
However, on Monday, the Harlem Irving Plaza apologized for the incident, and reported that the “real” Santa visited the boy at his home and did indeed give the boy a nerf gun.
And as for the Santa who said no? According to a Facebook post from Harlem Irving Plaza, that Santa turned in his resignation.
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