The outcry was huge.

One woman recalled how her youngest child had relinquished her pacifier to this Santa when the time came, and the management company's email box was so flooded with emails that they were beginning to bounce. The CEO's name and salary ($2.5 million) was circulated around the internet, and the Mall manager was being inundated with nasty calls.

A lot of very pissed off rich people who frequent that mall (very high end) were threatening a boycott, and customers who would come from out of state just to see this Santa, were furious. I imagine that the mall's retailers weren't happy with the management company's decidion either!

Here's a link to this morning's article in the Washington Post:

Santa's back!!

-- Edited by Moore ideas at 10:51, 2008-10-24