Where To See Santa In The North Hills This Christmas Season

ROSS AND WEST VIEW, PA — Visits and pictures with Santa Claus are treasured traditions for many families. In Ross and West View, kids have various opportunities to see jolly old St. Nick in person.

Here are the details:

• Santa will appear at the Pittsburgh Zoo's Wild Illuminations display, a frosty reimagining of the Zoo’s Asian Lantern Festival and Zoo Lights.

• The National Aviary is providing an opportunity for you to get your picture taken with Santa - as well as an African penguin.

• If you're headed Downtown, Santa will be hanging out as usual in his Heinz Hall courtyard house.

• Jolly old St. Nick also will be turning up on Gateway Clipper Fleet's Santa Fun Cruises and Tours.

Santa is also holding court at several shopping malls in the area, including:

• Ross Park Mall

• South Hills Village

• Monroeville Mall

• The Waterfront