Scary Santa
What is it that, as a culture, compels us to traumatize those children who are quite obviously, and perhaps rightfully, filled with abject terror at the thought of SATAN CLAWS???
This pictorial does a great job of highlight those precious “captured moments” for many of these kids. Based on this evidence along, I think that St. Nick might be edging out clowns as the “scariest kid theme EVAR”.
Heck, it’s enough to turn you Jewish!
December 5th, 2006 at 3:46 pm
I dunno.
One winter, my then 4 year-old brother berated a mall santa because he didn’t bring presents to us Jewish kids…
December 6th, 2006 at 5:00 am
This is nothing. You should see the pics of children wetting themselve when the Easter Bunny comes around…..
December 6th, 2006 at 11:24 am
Dude I cannot stand Christmas…..cannot STAND IT. And I think little kids are way smarter than we give them credit for. It is the same as the reaction they usually have towards clowns. There ain’t NOTHIN’ scarier than a clown. And dude Santa in pic 25 looks like he has quite an impressive pannus…..ewwwwwww.
And one has to wonder about these men and why in the hell they would want to do this every year.
December 7th, 2006 at 5:24 am
I like giving presents. But I still hate the pressure of EVERYONE looking for a present. Of the feeling that you HAVE to get something. I mean, come ON people.
Not to meantion, as a single person, I feel like it’s a time where people on their own have nothing to do.
Damn I hate this time of year.
But the cute helpers in the Santa photo area can be fun to watch.
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December 10th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
Furthermore… when you think of it, what sort of message is this ending to the young-uns?
The rest of the year we tell them to be aware of strange people. Don’t go off with them. And THEN we say ‘but this guy in the funny red outfit, in the seasonally inaporopiate atire (well, it IS summer here)… go sit on his lap and tell him what toys you want’.
Not to meantion, any other night of the year the thought of someone breaking into your house is scary. Christmas Eve, it’s ok.
Though is it better or worse than that derranged, leg laying, rabbit that shows up a few months later??
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