These images are from a new book, which I first heard about on Leslie Brown's blog- and then got to look at it and developed even more appreciation for this collection of photographs demonstrating the spectacle of visiting Santa's lap. It is Scared of Santa: Scenes of Terror in Toyland by Denise Joyce and Nancy Watkins. You can check it out on amazon here.
I have always been a little afraid of the Santa I saw at the mall as a kid...I thought he was creepy and weird (and drunk). But I thought I felt this way because I am Jewish and never considered Santa as anything special. But, now that I see these images I realize there is a little bit of fear of the man in red & white in all of us.
Happy Holidays!
4 comments:
Haha! You rock! My theory is that kids have less filters on them and they can sense the fractured personality of a department store Santa...
People who go to Santacon or some other Santa-based bar crawl do not fall into this category though,
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Thanks for the shout out Liz! I just thought these were great. The kids' open mouth screams say it all.
Happy holidays to all in Woodstock!
OMG! This made my xmas!
Thanks liz!
Wait till I tell Larry.
SHAME.
lol
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