Mall Delivers Nerf Gun After Video of Santa Bringing Boy to Tears Goes Viral
A mall in Norridge, Illinois, gifted a 4-year-old boy with a Nerf gun after a video of one of their mall Santas bringing the child to tears by telling him "no guns” went viral.
Harlem Irving Plaza sent another mall Santa to the boy’s home a day after the original December 6 incident.
The second video, posted to Facebook by the young boy’s grandmother, shows the Santa knocking on the door. Sabella DeCarlo, 4-year-old Michael’s mother, can be heard telling him to answer it.
The Santa can be heard telling Michael, “So there was a mistake made yesterday? Well, we’re so sorry about that, okay?”
The Santa then asks to come in and presents the boy with a gift box that comes up to his chin. Michael begins to open it and exclaims, “This is crazy, this thing!”
The mall gifted the boy with a Nerf gun, the toy he asked for.
DeCarlo edited her original Facebook post showing the initial incident to say that the mall had responded quickly with “kindness and understanding.”
“We thought it was very kind and we’re grateful for their quick response to restore my son’s faith in Santa,” DeCarlo said. Credit: Sabella DeCarlo via Storyful
