Santa Alert! One Hour for Pet Photos on Sunday

Want a photo of your pet with Santa? This year, for the first time, the is hosting “Santa Paws” night. You can bring your pet--on a leash or in its cage--to the mall on Dec. 11 from 7-8 p.m.

“I am so excited because I was the one that suggested it,” Wheaton resident Linda Amendt wrote in an email. She said she first floated the idea to Matt Barry, the Westfield Wheaton general manager, at last month’s meeting of the Wheaton Urban District Advisory Committee.

Amendt is posting fliers in local veterinarian offices and said she would be there Sunday with her dogs.