{"id":3562,"date":"2018-12-20T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T18:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santachrismas.com\/?p=3562"},"modified":"2021-10-16T12:41:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T19:41:16","slug":"santa-chris-says-thanks-to-richmond-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santachrismas.com\/news\/santa-chris-says-thanks-to-richmond-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Chris says \u2018thanks\u2019 to Richmond community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><\/span><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:60;line-height:1.17;\">Santa Chris says \u2018thanks\u2019 to Richmond community<\/h1><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>RICHMOND NEWS<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>\u201cWe had become family to just about every family in Richmond. We\u2019re sitting on just about everybody\u2019s mantelpiece in Richmond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After spending a decade bringing good tidings and cheer to Richmond Centre, the beloved \u201cSanta Chris\u201d has moved on to a new mall and wants to send a message of thanks to the Richmond community.<\/p>\n<p>The well-known and well-loved jolly old elf\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmond-news.com\/news\/families-devastated-over-beloved-richmond-centre-santa-s-relocation-1.23505933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moved on to Coquitlam Centre this year<\/a>, and many Richmondites took to social media to express their dismay, even leading to the creation of a Facebook group honouring \u201cthe real Santa Claus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This outpouring of love and support took Santa Chris and his wife, \u201cMrs. Claus,\u201d by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been an overwhelming response of people finding me\u2026it\u2019s very heartwarming and overwhelming for us,\u201d Santa Chris told the\u00a0<em>Richmond News,\u00a0<\/em>adding that the majority of his visitors at Coquitlam Centre are from Richmond<em>.<\/em>\u00a0\u201cI guess we didn\u2019t realize the impact we had on the community until we weren\u2019t there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Santa Chris and Mrs. Claus said they had many fond memories of his years at Richmond Centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was always many, many highlights,\u201d Santa Chris said. \u201cThe excitement of the families all dressing up and it was a whole family experience. It wasn\u2019t just a picture with Santa, it was coming out, having a chat, it was the whole magic that was created.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Santa Chris said he \u201calways had fun\u201d jumping over the fence of the display and rushing after a couple holding hands to give them a candy cane, or getting a selfie with people walking in the mall who had never had a picture with Santa before.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Claus reminisced about one family that came with their grandmother\u2019s tea set, after she had passed away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo in honour of her passing, they brought the tea set in and had tea with Santa,\u201d said Mrs. Claus.<\/p>\n<p>Both said they really enjoyed seeing some of the same families year after year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou figure 10 years in a kid\u2019s life, that\u2019s their childhood. So we\u2019ve been able to see so many of those transitions from little, frightened two-year-olds to 12, 13-year-olds,\u201d said Mrs. Claus. \u201cIt\u2019s just delightfully fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Santa Chris said he was not given a reason by Richmond Centre for why he was not asked back, but that he was upset by the change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was devastated,\u201d he said. \u201cWe had become family to just about every family in Richmond. We\u2019re sitting on just about everybody\u2019s mantelpiece in Richmond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sheila Lutz, general manager of Richmond Centre, explained that the mall does a review of its holiday experience every year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanta\u2019s been a very important part of our experience over a number of years at the shopping centre and each year when we review elements and potentially change things up, we did decide to make a change in the vendor,\u201d she told the\u00a0<em>News.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But above all, Santa Chris said to thank the Richmond community for their years of support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you very much to the whole community,\u201d he said. \u201cThank you to everybody that\u2019s been coming out and finding us\u2026we\u2019re very humbled.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Credit:<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmond-news.com\/in-the-community\/santa-chris-says-thanks-to-richmond-community-3090308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>https:\/\/www.richmond-news.com\/in-the-community\/santa-chris-says-thanks-to-richmond-community-3090308<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper 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