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Blame It on the Elf
Category:Scared of Santa
I knew my daughter was shy, but even this violent reaction surprised me.
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My daughter and I were killing time at Nordstrom while my husband was trying on coats. It was a slow Saturday and people were only just starting to trickle into the store. A lonely Santa and a camera-wielding elf were cajoling passersby to stop for a photo, and they zeroed in on me and my daughter. "Come on!" they said, as my terrified and shy daughter ducked into one of those circular clothing racks to hide. After about 10 minutes, they convinced ME to sit on Santa's lap, believing that that would be the trick to warming up my daughter's confidence. Hardly! She wailed the minute we got even close to the jolly old man, yet I went through with the picture to get that elf off my back!
To this day, I don't think she's ever sat on Santa's lap for a Christmas photo. And she's still a drama queen.
