Make Magical Memories At The Simon Santa Photo Experience At Rockaway Townsquare This Holiday Season

Eager children and their families can experience the joy and magic of the holiday season with a visit to the Simon® Santa Photo Experience at Rockaway Townsquare. Children can visit and be photographed with Santa through Christmas Eve Saturday, December 24 in Macy’s Court.

“One of the great traditions of holiday shopping at Rockaway Townsquare is the annual family visit to the Simon Santa Photo Experience,” said Maria Gregorius, area director of marketing and business development at Rockaway Townsquare. “I know Santa can’t wait to greet children bringing him their holiday wishes.”

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Rockaway Townsquare also provides children with special needs and their families with an opportunity to enjoy a carefully managed Santa photo experience in a sensory-friendly environment through the Caring Santa program. Caring Santa will occur on Sunday, December 4 prior to mall opening. Guests can register in advance at simon.com/caringsanta. Caring Santa events have expanded from seven Simon malls in 2011 to 110 Simon malls today, a new high, reflecting the positive impact of this unique program.

The popular Pet Photo Nights return to the Simon Santa Photo Experience at Rockaway Townsquare this year. Many pet owners view their pet as an integral member of the family and are just as committed in caring for their pets as their “human” family members. Pet Photo Nights are hosted after regular mall closing and the set gets an extensive cleaning following the event to remove any potential risk to allergy sufferers. Pet Photo Nights at Rockaway Townsquare will be held from 8 to 9 p.m. on Sunday, November 27, Sunday, December 4 and Sunday, December 11.

The Santa Photo Experience at Rockaway Townsquare is sponsored locally by Allegiant

The Simon Santa Photo Experience is again sponsored by The Gymboree Corporation. The Gymboree Corporation is a specialty retailer operating stores selling high-quality apparel and accessories for children under the Gymboree, Gymboree Outlet, Janie and Jack, and Crazy 8 brands.

The 2016 Simon Santa Photo Experience and Pet Photo Nights are also sponsored by Allegiant Air. Shoppers who stop by the Allegiant booth on Saturday December 3 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. can enter-to-win one of over 50 prizes including two roundtrip tickets or $100 off an Allegiant vacation. Shoppers can find the booth on the upper level, center court.

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment which is celebrating the highly-anticipated release of “The Secret Life of Pets,” available on Digital HD November 22 and on Blu-ray and DVD December 6. Come visit the Simon Santa Photo Experience and receive a fun-filled activity sheet, a custom The Secret Life of Pets holiday headband, and watch highlights from the movie.

This holiday season, Simon invites everyone to celebrate “The Joy of Giving.” Giving is contagious and this season Simon invites everyone to pass that spirit on and ‘Give Love,’ ‘Give Sparkle,’ ‘Give Warmth,’ and ‘Give Fun.’ Join Simon to experience the season’s good cheer with the best of holiday shopping and entertainment.

There are a variety of activities shoppers at Rockaway Townsquare can enjoy, including:

• Throughout the day on Black Friday, November 25, guests will be surprised and delighted with refreshments and snacks, a hot chocolate station, entertainment and more. Visitors that stop by Simon Guest Services in the morning will receive special gifts (while supplies last.)
• Enjoy the sounds of the season with performances by local school and community groups in Lord & Taylor Court.
• Gift wrapping services are available on the upper level, Center Court beginning on Black Friday with proceeds benefitting the New Jersey Aids Society.
• Bells will be ringing as the Salvation Army kettle campaign begins on November 25 and has a presence through the holiday season.
• Families can participate in Simon Kidgits Club’s Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, December 3 at 9 am. Tickets must be purchased in advance at Simon Guest Services.
• Make seniors smile by participating in iHeartMedia’s Gifts for Goldens, a program that aims to provide over 300 local nursing home residents with no families with a small present during the holidays. On Saturday, December 10 and Sunday December 11 those interested can stop by the Holiday Tree and pick a recipient, purchase their requested gift and return it to the tree where it will be wrapped and delivered in time for the holidays.
• Rockaway Townsquare will celebrate the Festival of Lights on Monday, December 26 at 5:30 p.m. Chabad Center of Northwest New Jersey will preside over a special Menorah Lighting in recognition of Hanukkah.
• Guests are invited to participate in Rockaway Townsquare’s Wish Wall, a program that provides gifts to over 500 children through a collaboration with a dozen community agencies and foster homes. Those interested in participating can pick an envelope from the wall, which contains a wish for the holidays, and bring it to Simon Guest Services where they can purchase a gift card to the store of the child’s choice.

Guests to every Simon Photo Experience will have another opportunity to share Santa’s heart by making a donation via The Noerr Programs to Save the Children. For nearly 100 years, this non-profit has given underserved children in the U.S. a healthy start, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. Since this program began five years ago, Noerr has collected over $1,000,000 largely due to the generosity of Simon shoppers.