A Small Piece of Home Away From Home

As it turned out, Santa was at the mall, standing in the middle of the fake North Pole set up for kids to meet a fake Santa, to tell him what they wanted for Christmas. It's kind of funny, but the accuracy of this fake North Pole was pretty good. It made him a bit homesick. At the moment, it seemed that he was alone. That was, until he heard some muffled crying. "Hello? Is someone there?" he called out. A moment later, someone stepped out from behind one of the fake child-sized buildings. It was ...