HOW SAD IS THIS?

"Santacam" to allay paedophile fears

LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A Father Christmas will have a webcam in his grotto to overcome parents' concerns after a number of high-profile paedophile cases in Britain in the past few years.
The St Elli shopping centre in Llanelli, south Wales, said children taking part in the traditional Christmas ritual of telling Santa their gift wishes would also sit beside him rather than on his knee.
"It's a sad sign of the times," St Elli manager Gilmour Jones was quoted as saying by the Guardian newspaper on Friday. "But I'm afraid that it was either this or not having Santa's grotto at all."

At the risk of sounding like an old fart, has the world really degenerated to the point where a "Santacam" is necessary before parents will lets their kids go to see Santa?