If you’re teetering between the naughty and nice list, it’s time to get your affairs in order. Santa Claus is taking a brief break from working overtime with the elves and is making a stop in the Jacksonville area to take some photos with families.

The Jacksonville City Council approved on Tuesday night a rezoning to allow for construction of apartments in the parking lot of The Avenues mall, according to our news partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record.

Plans for an apartment community in the parking lot of The Avenues mall advanced June 20 with the recommendation of the Jacksonville Planning Commission, the Jacksonville Daily Record reported.

Santa is back and he’s bringing joy to children in northeast Florida.

Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The parent company of Sears expects to shutter the department store's location at The Avenues mall this winter, according to the Jacksonville Daily Record. A company spokesperson told the Daily Record that the store plans to begin liquidating its inventory this month with the closure anticipated to happen midway through December. "After careful review, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to close the Sears store in Jacksonville, Florida," spokesperson Larry Costello said in a statement. News of the closure comes a month after parent company Transform Holdco signaled that it would close 21 Sears locations in October. Jacksonville Daily Record