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Yeti
12-05-2006, 10:29 AM
I took my 3 month old boy to have a photo with the mall Santa. All I could think of was Bad Santa, the scene in Cheers when the bar is filled with store Santas drinking beer and Artie Lange as the Santa in the film Elf. It must be the northern Panhandle of Texas but the other day when I went to get my tree......I saw a Santa wearing dirty cowboy boots and carrying a pouch of Red Man chewing tobacco.
Who are these guys and why does everyone stand in long lines to pay 20 to 50 bucks for a photo with the fat bastards? (I only paid the 10 bucks for to 5X7s.
Before we took Aiden up to Santa there was this 5 to 7 year old kid crying and his Dad was berating him for being a little baby. This sad scene lasted for about 5 minutes until the Dad yanked the kid's arm and loudly said--we came to see Santa! and you are being a big sissy. He then said to his wife--you take him because I could be home watching Monday Night football! I could not contain myself and just busted out laughing. He turned in my direction and shot me a big old redneck I will kick your ass stare and walked away.
I think I cried when I sat in Santa's lap when I was 2 because there is a photo floating around to prove it. Aiden just sat in his arms and looked dazed like he had just took a hit of Candy Cane flavored Meth.
Mall Santa Clauses are pretty entertaining. The girl that had to take the photo was dressed like an elf and the cashier was Mrs Clause. The funny thing was that.....the elf was about 5'11 and Mrs Clause was black and Santa was a disheveled white man.
You can go to Sure Shots in my Baby Yeti thread to see Aiden and the Mall Santa.

DIGI
12-05-2006, 10:39 AM
I just watched Badder Santa the other day. I was surprised. I tend to not get too into holiday themed movies, comedies especially. But it was good. Not so much for the blatant swearing around the kids and whatnot, but his little sidekick that would routinely flame him with some seriously harsh shit.

To be honest, I've never seen a stereotypical drunk disguised as Santa at a mall.:( Nice pics, though.

Loppfessor
12-05-2006, 10:41 AM
I just watched Badder Santa the other day. I was surprised. I tend to not get too into holiday themed movies, comedies especially. But it was good. Not so much for the blatant swearing around the kids and whatnot, but his little sidekick that would routinely flame him with some seriously harsh shit.

To be honest, I've never seen a stereotypical drunk disguised as Santa at a mall.:( Nice pics, though.


I laugh every time I'm channel surfing and see the Gilmore Girls cus I always picture the mom saying "Fuck me Santa! Fuck me Santa!"

DIGI
12-05-2006, 10:42 AM
I laugh every time I'm channel surfing and see the Gilmore Girls cus I always picture the mom saying "Fuck me Santa! Fuck me Santa!"


Holy shit. That's the Mom? Nice.

Loppfessor
12-05-2006, 10:45 AM
Holy shit. That's the Mom? Nice.

Sure was...hilarious huh?

abcdefz
12-05-2006, 10:58 AM
I bet the trick with Santa and kids is to not take your kid to see him. Eventually they grow older and kind of sniff the mall air and say, "Hey! How come all those OTHER kids get to see Santa!?"

"Oh, no! You don't want to stand in that big, long, boring line just to get your picture taken with a fat man in a Santa costume!"

"I WANNA!!! I WANNA!!! I WANNA BE BORED SHITLESS IN AN INTERMINABLE QUEUE!!!!"

"Oooooookaaaaaaayyyy..... if you're sure......."

Then the kid HAS to put upa good front, just out of pride. Hell, maybe he'll even get bored and volunteer to step out of line anyway. (y)

Yeti
12-05-2006, 11:06 AM
Aiden's Dad is a smart man. I decided Monday night would be good and I only waited for 5 minutes.

cmute, in Amarillo the cowboys actually rope cows and don't put on the wranglers, big belt buckles and polish their boots to go eat a fancy dinner.

marsdaddy
01-03-2007, 02:03 PM
Xmas 2005, I took this picture of the older boy terrified of Santa. I put it next to a a picture of me, at 5, pulling the fake beard off Santa. Next year, I hope to traumatize the Santa rather than the boys.

cosmo105
01-03-2007, 02:15 PM
somewhere there's a blurry polaroid of me at about 1 and a half sitting on one Santa knee, my brother on the other. he's smiling with his hands folded in his lap very properly, i'm screaming and crying and desperately begging the photographer to get me out of Santa's arms.

i've always heard that a lot of the older dudes that are mall santas really get into it, and love how they can bring kids joy and all that bullshit.

kll
01-03-2007, 02:36 PM
The only photo of me as a child is on the lap of a giant moose. Maybe it's supposed to be a reindeer. I dunno.

I have always been scared of Santa and to this day, if I am in a mall where there's a Santa photo op area, I will walk behind it, just to avoid possibly catching a glimpse of him.

Rock
01-03-2007, 04:34 PM
I never did the Santa thing...but I have a polaroid of me at about the age of 3 with darth vader and two jawas at the mall. Thats the closest I can relate to this thread. And I wasn't crying.

marsdaddy
01-04-2007, 05:56 PM
Catching up on some reading and came across this about mall santas. (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/parenting/detail?blogid=29&entry_id=12067#readmore)