Kids still get to see Santa at Christmas but it's not like the old days. They all go in together these days. Often they don't even ask what you want for Christmas. They just encourage kids to leave mince pies out for Santa!
When I was a boy it was quite different. Little boys sat on Santa's knee for their photo. For various reasons that doesn't happen today.
So here's a snap of me in the corner of a sixties supermarket sat on some bloke's knee. I wonder who he was. (Assuming it wasn't the real one).