Shoppers brave Cherry Hill Mall for last-minute holiday shopping, memories
The holiday rush was on Sunday night as shoppers scrambled to get their last-minute holiday gifts inside the Cherry Hill Mall.
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The holiday rush was on Sunday night as shoppers scrambled to get their last-minute holiday gifts inside the Cherry Hill Mall.
Shoppers packed the Cherry Hill Mall Sunday night in hopes of wrapping up their Christmas shopping, making new holiday memories and visiting Santa Claus before the big day.
If your kids want to hang out at the Cherry Hill Mall on Saturday nights, an adult will need to be with them. The mall has implemented a parental supervision policy to provide what they are calling a safe and family-friendly shopping environment.
Cherry Hill Mall is implementing a policy that would require minors to be accompanied by a parent or guardian who is 21 or older.
If your kids want to hang out at the Cherry Hill Mall late on Saturday afternoons, you'll need to be with them. The rule which took effect on April 5, requires minors under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian who is 21 or older.
Shoppers picked up last-minute holiday gifts Monday at the Cherry Hill Mall in New Jersey, and children waited in long lines to share their wishes with Santa ahead of the big day. Nikki DeMentri reports.
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This is the final full weekend before Christmas. It's also one of the biggest holiday shopping days of the year and some say it could rival Black Friday.
"Super Saturday" is when many people finish up last-minute holiday shopping. Marcella Baietto speaks with Lisa Wolstromer from the Cherry Hill Mall.
While the pandemic won't keep Santa Claus from making an appearance at the mall or at Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, don't count on touching Santa, hugging Santa, or having the kids sit on his lap this year.
As the wait continues for reopening, the mall is offering curbside pickups.
In 2017, police say somewhere between 700 and 1,000 unsupervised children and teens were at the mall and it turned into a dangerous mob.
They're hoping to avoid a repeat of what happened on the day after Christmas last year when nearly 1,000 teens swarmed the mall, frightening shoppers and mall employees.
It happened in the mall's parking lot on Thursday, around 1:30 p.m.
Cherry Hill police say officers responded to the mall around 7:30 p.m. for a report of a large group of juveniles acting disorderly near the J.C. Penney wing.
The rush to return is on as the day after Christmas is considered one of the biggest days of the year for gift returns.
In an effort to lure parents into their stores, the Cherry Hill mall has a special Santa experience for their kids.
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