"You want me to sit on this noisy man's lap...he has a huge white beard that is scratchy and hides his face, funny clothes and a hat and weird elf helpers. AND you want me to smile for a picture? Are you kidding me??I often think that this is the "in my mind" conversation my child is having as we excitedly head off to see Santa at the mall and get our picture taken.
Our girls were no different, squirming and fidgeting until they could escape. We learned to hit the mall on non-busy hours and get in and out as quickly as possible
We actually got a friend to dress up in the complete Santa suit and practiced different scripts of what could happen when we went to see Santa at the mall. It helped her to see the friend was in a Santa costume (like Halloween) and we explained that "Santa Helpers" were the folks at the mall, while the real Santa was at the North Pole.
We also let her play with the Santa costume and let her carry around a small Santa Claus stuffed doll so she became more comfortable with the idea of him.
One fun thing we did on Christmas Eve (after the kids were in bed) we put made baking soda boot prints on our carpet leading from the fireplace to the Christmas tree....told our girls the next day it was "magic snow" from Santa's boots. They loved it and it did clean up with the sweeper!
Now for some adult humor:
Santa is jolly because he knows where all the bad girls live! Ho! Ho! Ho!
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