Santa Signs for Deaf Children at the Mall
The Mall at Short Hills hosts The Lake Drive School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Mountain Lakes to give its students a chance to talk with Santa Claus in sign language.
Christmas came early for 30 deaf or hard-of-hearing children in The Mall at Short Hills on Thursday. For the first time in most of their young lives, these children got a chance to sit on Santa Claus's lap and sign what they wanted for Christmas as he signed back. "It was something to watch an 8-year-old talk with Santa signing," the principal of The Lake Drive School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Mountain Lakes Julie Lazeration, said. "It was so amazing to see that interaction." The school focuses on educating children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing from birth through high school throughout the state. "When you think of going to see Santa Claus you don't think about that if a kid is deaf or hard-of-hearing they can't communicate…
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