Here Comes Santa Claus

At the St. Elli shopping center in Llanelli, South Wales, children taking part in the traditional Christmas visit to Santa will sit beside him rather than on his knee. "It's a sad sign of the times," St. Elli manager Gilmour Jones said. "But I'm afraid that it was either this or not having Santa's grotto at all." A number of high-profile pedophile cases in Britain in the past few years has also led to a webcam being placed where the kiddies come to whisper their Christmas wishes.
-- Beverly Hanly