See the snapshots of kids who were less than overjoyed by sitting on Santa's lap
Santa, you’re not helping with the sneak attack.
Trace
Jacksonville, Florida
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Austin, 8; Caleb, 6; Brady, 3; Dixon, 1
West Dundee, IL
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Jeremy and Gabriel
Ramsey, NJ
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Amelia, 19 months
Buffalo, NY
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Amber, 5, with little sister Cora, 22 months
Odenton, MD
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Kaylee, 17 months
Lindenhurst NY
"We brought her to see Santa and it did not go so well. She is pointing at me to come and save her. Santa is pointing at the camera trying to get her to look so they each are pointing somewhere except poor Kaylee is crying and terrified."—Karen, mom
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Man, we hope that beard’s not real.
Colin, 2
Frederick, MD
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Gabrielle, 20 months
Austell, GA
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Abby
Kansasville, WI
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Samantha
Medford, NY
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Henry
Boothwyn, Pennsylvania
"[Here] is the picture I got of my younger son, Henry, last year at our local mall. What you don't see is that his older brother is off-camera to the left, clinging to my mother like Santa was headed for him with a chainsaw. So glad I waited 90 mins to be first in line after Santa's lunchbreak and paid $15 for this shot. We'll never try this again!"—Sara, mom
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Jonathan
Brooklyn, New York
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Julia, 16 months
Norwalk, Iowa
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Declan, 3 (“sitting nicely” -Kim, mom) and Ella, 14 months
Santa Cruz, CA
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Cousins Parker and Audrey
Washington, DC and Fairfax, Va
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Madison, 2
Buckley, WA
"She soooooo hates Santa!! Even seeing him in the malls when we walk by she starts yelling 'No, No, No!'"—Kellie, mom
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Jaiden
Bend, Oregon
"Sit there & smile? Fine. Take my eyes off him for a second? NO WAY!"—Melissa, mom
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Mia, 1
"As you can see we have 2 photos of our horrified one year old Mia—we felt bad but sent out these photos for Christmas—who couldn't??"—Monica, mom
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R.J. and Emma, 13 months
Granby, MA
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Justice, 2
Lilburn, GA
"I don't care what you say he'll bring me I am NOT sitting on that fat man's lap."—Joy, mom
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Parker & Kylie Hendricks
Seth, West Virginia
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Luke and Clara
Miramar, Florida