How to visit Santa using the magic of Zoom, streaming video or even AI Connie Chang, The Washington Post Dec. 18, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail "When my 6-year-old realized we wouldn't be going to the mall this year to talk to Santa, he was really sad," says Liz Ranfeld, a mother of two in Indiana. But with covid infection rates rising in many parts of the country and at least one story of potential community exposure tied to a Santa photo op, Ranfeld knew she had to find a way to replicate the Santa Claus experience for her children while keeping her medically at-risk husband safe.