🔒 Santa loses job, lands on naughty list over COVID-19 vaccine requirements

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Santa Ron, who’s not vaccinated, says helium had a declaration to look astatine Nordstrom successful Jacksonville but was told to enactment home

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Thursday marks 72 days until Christmas, but already Santa Claus is retired of enactment owed to COVID-19 vaccine requirements.

A section antheral who portrays Santa was acceptable to instrumentality connected the relation and adjacent had a contract. But now, helium has learned that without a vaccine, he’s connected the naughty list.

“I was truly looking guardant to it, you know? I emotion the kids. I emotion the consciousness of self-worth,” said Santa Ron, who asked News4Jax not to usage his afloat sanction successful bid to support the illusion live for the children.

Ron told News4Jax that helium conscionable learned 1 of his jobs was canceled due to the fact that helium is not vaccinated. It was a meal with Santa quality astatine the Nordstrom astatine the St. Johns Town Center for 2 days successful December. He said helium had a contract, but the booking steadfast retired of Las Vegas called and told him to enactment home.

“She conscionable told maine she couldn’t usage me. She didn’t privation maine showing up connected the 8th and the 11th being turned distant and not receiving pay. It wasn’t easy. She didn’t connection to grant the declaration oregon anything,” helium said.

News4Jax checked with the steadfast called Nationwide Santa. It had nary comment. Ron said helium learned it was Nordstrom that made the decision.

“Nordstrom has travel backmost and said they privation each of their Santas to beryllium vaccinated and that those going to the lawsuit — that’s what shocked maine much than thing — that everybody going to the lawsuit connected the 8th and the 11th volition beryllium required to beryllium vaccinated,” helium said.

News4Jax is checking with Nordstrom astir the policy.

When asked wherefore helium doesn’t privation to beryllium vaccinated erstwhile the Santa relation would person him astir children, Ron said: “I americium not a conspiracy theorist. I don’t judge it’s the people of the beast. I don’t judge nobody’s going to beryllium tracking me.”

Ron said it’s a wellness contented for him. He said he’s had a atrocious absorption earlier to definite shots. He not lone reached retired to america but has written the governor’s office, arsenic well.

“What makes maine huffy is I signed a contract. If they had been upfront with maine to statesman with, I would not person the contented that I’m having,” helium said.

He volition proceed his Santa relation astatine different places.

News4Jax has been checking with section malls astir their Santa policies. As of Thursday afternoon, we were waiting to perceive backmost from most. We did larn that The Avenues and Town Center volition person Santa appearances, but there’s nary connection yet however those are going to work.