So it’s December first and even though I swore I’d never be the kind of parent that had their children have Santa photos – my first kid was so adorable I couldn’t walk past Santa without propping her next to him and getting the photo. To be fair, I was hard pushed to walk past anything and not photograph her next to it. In fact, sometimes I just photographed her without a prop and be damned with the consequences.
Then I had another baby – she was also ridiculously cute and thus it continued. One big photo journal of my kids generally being adorable. And then one year Tully wanted Mum and Dad in the photo or she wouldn’t have her photo taken and we launched in so enthusiastically we probably scared Santa. Because we have embraced the fact that kids LOVE things that aren’t cool or hip or trendy or in any way dignified.
But this year, there are some signs that not even the presence of the parentals is going to get our Cassidy to pose with Santa.
- She is terrified by people dressed up as ketchup bottles handing out Heinz samples.
- She is terrified by people dressed up as Pandas advertising WWF.
- She is terrified by people dressed up as Koalas protesting fracking.
- She is terrified by people dressed up as Kermit playing a banjo.
- She is terrified by people dressed up as the Monkey at Monkey Mania.
- She is terrified by the original Banana’s in Pyjamas – ie: people in costumes not animations.
- She is terrified by Santa.
