Santa Claus is coming to town — and he’s teaching kids about consent.
A woke Saint Nick in Miami, Fla. praised a young girl for standing up for herself and refusing to sit on his lap for a holiday photo-op.
Adley, the daughter of Katie Love, CEO and founder of the agency Love Social Media, can be seen in a viral TikTok video standing next to Santa, who praised her for saying “no” to sitting on his lap.
“I said, this is her body and she’s in control of her body,” Kris Kringle said in the clip, which has been viewed 2 million times. “I asked if she wanted to sit on my lap and she said no, and I said, ‘Way to stand up for yourself and way to say what you believe is true.'”
While the youngster still looked a bit bewildered by the bearded stranger, Love cheered on Santa from behind the camera.
“You can’t let even Santa Claus — if Santa Claus says, ‘Do you wanna sit in my lap,’ and if you don’t want to, you say, ‘no,'” the man said.
The Post has contacted Love for comment.
“Adley knows it’s always her choice and she can give a high-five instead,” Love told Today.
“We don’t pressure her to have any kind of unwanted touch. When we were growing up, we were told, ‘Be polite. Sit on your weird uncle’s lap,’ and I don’t want that for my daughter.”
Viewers applauded Santa’s progressive message — a stark contrast from the days of forcing wailing toddlers to pose for a picture perched on Saint Nick’s lap — while others couldn’t help but notice how uneasy the youngster appeared.
“We love an educated Santa,” championed one person.
“Yes I love this. My in-laws hate that we don’t force our kids to kiss them. Sorry, they said no!” commented another.
“Now that’s the REAL santa!” praised one viewer.
“I love this. No reason to pressure her to be uncomfortable for a picture,” wrote someone else.
“She is like ‘about that… can we lose the hand on my shoulder too? Thank you,'” quipped one user.
“She’s like I came here to ask for a Squishmallow not a press conference,” joked another.
“She’s like, ‘Ok, BUT I WAS SAYING about that Barbie dream house…'” someone else chimed in.
“I think part of that had to do with the fact that she had just told Santa she wanted a purple bike, and she was worried she wouldn’t get the bike after she didn’t sit on his lap,” Love explained to Today, referring to her daughter’s facial expression.
“But you can see her start to smile when he reaffirmed her reaction and told her that it was OK to say no.”
The on-camera Santa, Steve Lantz — who is also a Presbyterian minister — told Today he was “very impressed” with Adley.
“My wife and I have a 6-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son, and we started teaching them at a very early age that they are in control of their bodies,” Lantz said. “There are times I will ask my daughter, ‘Do you want a hug?’ And if she says ‘No,’ I honor that. I don’t push. I never ask twice.”