Parents and children aged 12 years and older will be required to wear a mask in this year's Santa photo at Christchurch's Ballantynes Store.
The new rules are in place this Christmas with the rules around the delta outbreak of Covid-19.
All staff at Santa's grotto are required to wear masks and to be fully vaccinated including Santa himself.
![Christmas window at Ballantynes department store in Christchurch. Photo / Supplied](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/NSXI2IRPVY2ZMCEG2J4VU623A4.jpg?auth=689c3f1a55554a8095b5f93c0948ad3fd1354d66f5895cd187ebcfd8071c3cf7&width=16&height=13&quality=70&smart=true)