Santa chats with Stella, 8, and Ivan, 3, Seferi, of Waterford, as families get in last-minute visits with Santa at the Crystal Mall Monday, December 23, 2019 in Waterford. Santa is available for photos during mall hours until 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Mall spokesman Jay Weitlauf assures the general public that Santa's logistics team can handle the schedule challenge of the Christmas Eve appearance schedule. Santa photos are available through the vendor Cherry Hill Programs. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Santa takes a break from taking photos with visitors to take a phone call from the North Pole at the Crystal Mall Monday, December 23, 2019 in Waterford. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Santa greets children and their families arriving for a last-minute visit at the Crystal Mall Monday, December 23, 2019 in Waterford. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Santa chats with Maddi, 15, and Charlotte, 10, Mooney, of Groton, as families get in last-minute visits with Santa at the Crystal Mall Monday, December 23, 2019 in Waterford. Santa is available for photos during mall hours until 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Santa poses for a photo with Arthur Chabot and Stephanie Vargas and their sons, Cedric, 5, and Marcus, 4, of Gales Ferry, during a last-minute visit with Santa at the Crystal Mall Monday, December 23, 2019 in Waterford. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Santa offers comfort to Marcus Chabot, 4, of Gales Ferry, after taking a photo with Marcus' family at the Crystal Mall Monday, December 23, 2019 in Waterford. Santa is available for photos during mall hours until 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Danica Temple, left, teases a curl on her daughter Charlotte, 2, in the arms of her father Steven Temple, as families get in last-minute visits with Santa at the Crystal Mall Monday, December 23, 2019 in Waterford. Santa is available for photos during mall hours until 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Santa reads "T'was the Night Before Christmas" with the Faber chidden, from left, Evan, 7, Olivia, 4, and Isabel, 9, of Colchester, as families get in last-minute visits with Santa at the Crystal Mall Monday, December 23, 2019 in Waterford. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Santa takes a photo with Raymond McNulty, 2, of Hadlyme, as families get in last-minute visits with Santa at the Crystal Mall Monday, December 23, 2019 in Waterford. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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