About this title: For many kids a frightening visit with Santa is a rite of passage. And luckily, our loved ones have those precious Christmas moments captured on film to taunt us for years to come. Here are collected hundreds of the treasured photos, from 60 year old heirlooms to brand-new ones that are just plain funny. And for further entertainment value there are hilarious insights in the introduction. For example, did you know that twin boys are much more likely to cry than twin girls? Or, that if you put an infant in a cheery Santa hat, you are almost guaranteed high-decibel wails? "Scared of Santa" will ...
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Description: New. "Scared of Santa" presents a hilarious photographic collection of kids posed on Santa's lap--panicked, screaming, and crying. With more than 250 reader-submitted photos and priceless commentary, this delightful stocking stuffer is sure to become a ho... read more
It is full of hundreds of photos of kids sitting on Santa's lap, crying, screaming, trying to escape. Yep, the whole theme of this book is getting a laugh out of the misery of little children.
Don't get me wrong, twenty-five or thirty photos of kids having negative reactions to Santa Claus might have been funny. However, hundreds and hundreds of the same kinds of pictures quickly becomes totally boring. Yawn!
The captions are even worse than the photos. I'm sure the caption writers were trying to be clever, but most of what they came up with is just plain dumb.
I can't imagine who would buy this book. (I borrowed the copy I read from my public library, and I'm a bit miffed that my tax dollars were spent on this dreck.) Will families buy this book and look at lovingly every year until it becomes part of their family tradition? Yikes!"
"these children are terrified. i don't know what it says about me that i laughed so hard. i must share this with my little brother who made the local paper as one of these kids."
"even though i am not a fan of children, my enjoyment of this book did not hinge upon seeing children in tears. (that was me anticipating the snarky comments from people who actually know me) i did enjoy seeing the range of santas, and their stoicism. but the chapter on twins... shudder..."
"I could not stop laughing when I read this! It brought tears to my eyes, I laughed so hard. Book includes one of the scariest Santas I have ever seen!"
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