Pam Spadaro (right), Senior Vice President at US Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management, presented the Santa Days check to Lisa Farrow (left), Marketing Coordinator for North Texas Food Bank.

Pam Spadaro (right), Senior Vice President at US Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management, presented the Santa Days check to Lisa Farrow (left), Marketing Coordinator for North Texas Food Bank.

It has been a holiday tradition during the first three Saturdays of December at the Plaza at Preston Center — pictures with Santa and his live reindeer — but this year the Santa Days event raised more money than ever.

The Plaza presented a check to the North Texas Food Bank for $9,250, which will provide 27,750 meals to local families in need.

To date, the Santa Days event has raised $30,000 for the food bank.