Meeting Santa at the shops is a Christmas tradition for many, but it’s not always easy for families to get there. Now there’s a new option.
A flurry of video-chat companies are bringing Santa Claus to families’ screens this holiday season. A modern take on the classic mall meet-and-greet, websites such as Welcome Santa and Talk to Santa are offering families the opportunity to talk to Mr Claus from the comfort of their own homes. Both companies price a live call with Mr Claus at $42.
“Parents are saying, ‘You know what, it’s better than waiting two hours in line,’” Susen Mesco, founder and director of Denver’s Professional Santa Claus School, tellsDigital Father Christmas is also ideal for many special needs children, many of whom find meeting shopping centre Santas in real time to be too much.
Meredith Lueck, founder of Welcome Santa, says she recently received a personal thank you note from the mum of a boy who has Down syndrome and found physically meeting Santa “overwhelming and usually unpleasant,” but virtually meeting Santa to be enjoyable,
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