Even Santa Claus can't stay away from American politics. A man portraying the North Pole resident at a Sanford, Florida mall told a 10-year-old girl that former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was on his "naughty list"

While Santa Clause seemed to have thought the joke was funny, the girl's mother was not laughing. According WKMG-TV, the woman reported the Tuesday night incident to mall officials.

WKMG-TV added that the Seminole Towne Center mall has apologized to the mother. The Santa was not a mall employee, instead was contracted through the Noerr Program.

While multiple reports indicated the mall Santa was fired, the mall said that the Santa has been relocated.

The Seminole Towne Center issued a statement in response to Tuesday's incident: