A young boy burst into tears after a Santa Claus told him that he wouldn’t give him a Nerf gun at Christmas.
Sabella DeCarlo visited Santa Claus with her son at Harlem Irving Plaza in Norridge, Illinois, on Sunday, December 6. The mother rushed to comfort her son after he started moaning as the Santa refused to bring him a Nerf gun.
The furious mum took the matter to Facebook and slammed the Santa for making the child cry for the sake of his personal beliefs. One of the mall’s representatives took notice of the matter and apologized to the woman. He also confirmed that Santa had been dismissed from his job.
The incident was filmed, and the video shows Santa and the child talking to each other with a Plexiglass barrier in between.point 226 |
The child was sitting at a 6-meter distance from Santa and asked him for a Nerf-gun as a Christmas gift.point 85 | The Santa straightaway said no to his request and said he wouldn’t bring him a gun.point 159 | The mother, who was watching this, jumped into the conversation and said, “He is asking for a Nerf gun.point 250 |
” The Santa remained adhered to his statement and said, “Not even Nerf gun.point 74 | ” A Nerf Gun is a toy gun with discs, foam balls, or darts in place of bullets.point 142 | 1
The Santa further told the boy that he has so many other toys such as bicycles, cars, legos, trucks.point 339 |
He said he could wish for anything except a gun.point 39 | He added that “You can request your dad to bring you a Nerf gun, but I’m not going to bring it.point 126 | ”As soon as the child heard this, he started crying.point 175 | The mother hugged him and said she would buy him a gun, but he kept whining.point 236 | 1
The mother was so disappointed by the attitude of Santa. She said this was the first time Michael went to see a Santa, and he was so excited about this. “I couldn’t see the tears in my son’s eyes, and I had to tell him that this is not the real Santa,” she wrote.