Santa Baby

I mentioned the other day that Mom took me to see Santa Claus.  There was a lot of hemming and hawwing about taking me in the first place, with both parents being appropriately appalled that it cost $35 for a picture with Santa.   As they should be!!   Turns out, you can sit on Santa's lap for free, but if you want photo documentation, you better be able to pony up some cash.   Want to take your own snapshot?  Not allowed.  You'll just have to replay the precious moment in your mind for years to come.

Before we get into the whole commercialization-of-Christmas, blah blah blah, look how perfectly bored and unimpressed I am by Mr. Mall Santa.   He was a nice man, to be sure.   But the reality was, I had just had two shots in the leg, and a photoshoot at Sears.   He would have had to jump through flaming hoops of fire to get a reaction out of me.