Huffington Post By Hayley Hudson
Posted: 12/23/2012 1:45 pm EST
The parents of a hearing-disabled boy received a heartwarming holiday gift from a mall Santa Claus who unexpectedly managed to communicate with their son.
Cameron Sylvester, 3, requires two hearing aids due to auditory neuropathy, his father told WCVB. The family recently went to a mall southwest of Boston so he and his sister, Arianna, could visit Santa Claus.
In the WCVB video above, the man who played Santa says he noticed Cameron's condition and, using a gesture similar to adjusting a baseball cap, asked in American Sign Language if the boy had been good this year.