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Holidays behind glass Orange County shopping centers find creative ways for kids to visit with Santa
Santa Claus at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa Saturday visits with children from inside a display case. The move is a creative way to keep a time-honored tradition going during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials say.
(Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
Costa Mesa’s South Coast Plaza opened at 11 a.m. Saturday, the start of the last weekend before Christmas, but by then a long line of distanced visitors had already queued up outside the Crate & Barrel store.
They weren’t there for Tiffany & Co. or for Louis Vuitton but for a sweet, nostalgic taste of Christmas that almost seemed impossible given this year’s pandemic a visit with Santa Claus.