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Some Outraged Over Non-Refundable Fee to See Santa at Woofield
Would you pay $10 to see Santa? The fee will allow you to skip lines and could go toward a photo package during Santa visit at Woodfield.
This holiday season, those wishing to skip the lines to see Santa at Woodfield Mall can do so ... for a price.
And that $10 non-refundable price tag to set up an “appointment” with Santa has some outraged.
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“A traditional family visit to go see Santa – to charge for it is un-Christianlike. And it’s a Christian holiday. And they’re making so much money off families in that mall that they can’t give back a little bit? It’s wrong. It’s wrong,” Mary Jo Shepherd of Schaumburg told CBS Chicago.
The mall says you can use the $10 toward a photo package of your visit with Santa. You can book your appointment online.
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Santa will make his grand appearance at Woodfield Thursday evening. Visits with Santa will continue through Dec. 24 at the mall.
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