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“As we got in line and she started to see a lot of the kids sitting on Santa’s lap, she tugged on my shirt and said, ‘Mom, I don’t know if I want to do that,'” Love said to Good Morning ...

saw Santa. Neither of them wanted to sit on his lap, and he didn't push them to. My twins were born in March 2020, which means they missed out on a lot of toddler activities because of the pandemic.