Is this the best Christmas video?

Ah that's lovely and so nice for the little girl! Wonder if it's in the job description for santas?. ?

That brought a tear to my eye, Jalima!

I think I saw that last year. Still brings a lump to my throat and makes me

How wonderful! I wonder if they knew he could sign before they went? He looked very proficient, it's a skill more of us should learn.

Fabulous. Reinforces my belief in Santa

Lovely! (Will Santa visit me?)

Oh what a wonderful video - brought a tear to my eye too Ana.
Thank you Jalima!

Wonderful, that really embodies the spirit of Christmas. Must have made the little girl's day and her family.

If you listen properly behind that music that does not sound like it's anywhere near a British shopping mall.

Yes, I thought it was somewhere in Cleveland but when I listened more carefully I think it must be Cleveland, Ohio.

Still wonderful for that little girl though, wherever. Perhaps Santa will come to shopping Malls in the UK afterwards

That was beautiful and I think the best Christmas video, thanks Jalima! (At the beginning it says it happened in an English mall. In Cleveland?

So it does Alima (it's been a long day!)

The heart-warming moment Father Christmas communicated with a three-year-old girl using sign language has been captured on film.

When Mali Williams-Cody sat on Santa's knee at Middlesbrough's Cleveland Centre, her mother explained she couldn't talk very well.

Undeterred, Father Christmas asked: "Can she sign at all?"

When Mali's mother said she could do basic sign language, the pair began a memorable exchange, reminiscent of the 1994 movie "Miracle On 34th Street" when Richard Attenborough's character communicated through sign with a little girl.

Mali was clearly delighted and the clip has been viewed more than 230,000 times on YouTube

Do we call them 'malls' in this country? Anyway wherever it was, it was wonderful that the little girl could communicate with Santa in that way.

Yes, we've been to the Mall today!

I don't understand the confusion. Am I the only one who can clearly hear a mum and a Santa each with a Middlesbrough accent? What's American about the background noise?

Well, we don't here.

Our shopping precincts/centres are quite small and it would be rather pretentious to call them malls!

The music is quite loud

Ours is just called The Mall!!

Oh, I see. Surely the music is just added for the benefit of the YouTube presentation?

Ours is called 'The Mall'

I've found a version of the meeting without the musical overlay. It made me smile because the Middlesbrough accent is subtitled. Probably more for an overseas audience than the hard of hearing

It's just brought a tear to my eye all over again!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=RPcTB86aT0Y

Now thats beautiful!!! Thats the true spirit of Christmas?✨

I tear up every time I see it. It's beautiful.