No minute like the last one
Left: Cathy Datwani, of Westfield, uses her daughter Kieran's stroller to carry all her purchases as she shops at the Woodbridge Center mall in Woodbridge on Dec. 21. Above: Preeti Profale of Iselin comforts her daughter Anvi, 3, after the child was frightened by an invitation to sit on Santa's lap.

PHOTOS BY DANIEL HULSHIZER staff