630 CHED Santas Anonymous opened its doors for the season with some new protocols in effect. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, things will look a little different for volunteers this year.“Our goal is to keep volunteers and staff safe while making sure we’re able to keep the magic of Christmas alive for Santa’s kids,” Janine Foote, communications manager at Santas, said.This year, Santas expects to prepare and deliver around 20,000 gift bags to children across Edmonton, which is a 15 per cent increase from last year.Volunteers are a vital part of preparing the gifts that will go out on delivery days and the depot is accepting volunteers again this year; but there are some changes.The first change is everyone coming in to the depot must.