Norridge, Ill. - After a young boy’s visit with Santa ended in tears from being told he couldn’t have a toy gun, a mall in Illinois apologized by sending another jolly ol’ Saint Nick to his home with a brand new Nerf gun.The boy was captured on video posted by his mother, Sabella DeCarlo, at a mall in Norridge, a suburb of Chicago.
It shows 4-year-old Michael sitting at a table across from the mall Santa on Dec. 6.Michael tells the mall Santa he would like a Nerf gun, and the Santa replies saying, “No, no guns.”DeCarlo told Storyful she thought maybe the Santa did not hear her son correctly, so she chimes in to clarify, “Nerf gun.” The Santa responds, “no, not even a Nerf gun,” adding, “if your dad wants to get it for you, that’s fine.