Popsugar Family Parenting Humor What It's Like Taking Kids to Visit a Mall Santa The 18 Soul-Crushing Stages of Taking Your Kids to Visit the Mall Santa December 1, 2015 by Kate Schweitzer View On One Page Photo 15 of 18 ADVERTISEMENT () Start Slideshow Share This Link Copy ← Use Arrow Keys → 15 You can't hear everything, but you're pretty sure Santa is blatantly defying you. He nodded way too forcefully and your kids look way too relieved for him to have just mitigated expectations. Previous Next Start Slideshow Parenting HumorHolidayFamily Self-CareGifs