{"id":138432,"date":"2020-12-09T10:53:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T15:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=138432"},"modified":"2020-12-09T10:53:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T04:16:28","slug":"boy-cries-after-mall-santa-tells-him-no-nerf-gun-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/boy-cries-after-mall-santa-tells-him-no-nerf-gun-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy Cries After Mall Santa Tells Him No \u2018Nerf Gun\u2019 for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Illinois mall Santa resigned this week following an incident that left a little boy in tears.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boy\u2019s mother, Sabella DeCarlo, recorded the exchange and put it on social media.&nbsp; It didn\u2019t take long for it to go viral. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What brought the boy, Michael, to tears is when Santa, who was working at the Harlem Irving Plaza (HIP) in Norridge, told the youngster that he would receive \u201cno guns\u201d for Christmas. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNot even a Nerf gun,\u201d Santa said in the video. \u201cNope. If your dad wants to get it for you that\u2019s fine, but I can\u2019t bring it to you. What else would you like? There\u2019s lots of other toys \u2014 there\u2019s Legos, bicycles, there\u2019s cars and trucks. What do you think?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s OK!\u201d said Santa, as Michael became upset.&nbsp; \u201cDon\u2019t cry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. DeCarlo quickly interjected, telling Michael, \u201cYou\u2019ll still get it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bellasabella\/posts\/10164251332880328\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"boy-cries-after-mall-santa-tells-him-no-nerf-gun-for-christmas\" title=\"Boy Cries After Mall Santa Tells Him No \u2018Nerf Gun\u2019 for Christmas\">Facebook post<\/a> on Sunday, DeCarlo wrote, \u201cMy poor baby. This was the first year Michael was excited to go see Santa. It was supposed to be magical but instead I had to watch my sweet little boy fight back tears because Santa told him No because of his own personal beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/long-island-toy-gun-buyback\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"boy-cries-after-mall-santa-tells-him-no-nerf-gun-for-christmas\" title=\"Boy Cries After Mall Santa Tells Him No \u2018Nerf Gun\u2019 for Christmas\">Long Island Authorities Hold Toy Gun Buyback for Children<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Following backlash on social media, the Harlem Irving Plaza announced that that Santa had \u201cturned in his resignation\u201d because he was \u201cheartbroken and crushed that he has made this child so sad and upset.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, HIP made good on Michael\u2019s wish. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHIP immediately contacted the family and worked with our Santa company in hopes of rectifying the situation. We are happy to report that the \u201creal\u201d Santa visited the boy at his home today to bring him a nerf gun!&nbsp; We hope we restored Christmas magic to this boy and his family with Santa\u2019s special visit,\u201d HIP said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe HIP is thankful for our valued customers,\u201d they continued. \u201cWe invite you to please watch and share this new video in hopes of restoring Holiday magic to everyone!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-00907aa6-e320-4078-b217-c697efe5b945\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Illinois mall Santa resigned this week following an incident that left a little boy in tears. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":138436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,25,216,240],"tags":[132,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-138432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-s-h-blannelberry","10":"category-this-week","11":"tag-buzz","12":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Boy Cries After Mall Santa Tells Him No \u2018Nerf Gun\u2019 for Christmas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An Illinois mall Santa resigned this week following an incident that left a little boy in tears.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/boy-cries-after-mall-santa-tells-him-no-nerf-gun-for-christmas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boy Cries After Mall Santa Tells Him No \u2018Nerf Gun\u2019 for Christmas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An Illinois mall Santa resigned this week following an incident that left a little boy in tears.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/boy-cries-after-mall-santa-tells-him-no-nerf-gun-for-christmas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-09T15:53:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-07T04:16:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-09-at-10.48.35-AM.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"562\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"528\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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