Tips for surviving Santa photos - CNN.com
Parenting.com has provided this article including things parents can do to make for a pleasant visit with Santa. Based on my Santa-photo expertise I’d say it’s a darn good list. However, they have missed a few of the “What Not To Dos” so I’ve taken the liberty of spelling them out myself.
What not to do when taking your child to visit Santa:
- Do not ask Santa to put on his hat and coat in a 68 degree shopping mall. He’ll got hot, sweaty, and consequentially stinky. This odor will offend your children and possibly make them cry.
- Do not dress them up in fancy Christmas outfits. Children know that when you force them into sparkly dresses and sweater vests that something unpleasant awaits. Example: church.
- Do not get your hopes up. It is best to approach Santa photos with low expectations. In the off chance that your photo turns out to be a keeper, then you’ve got something to be merry about.
A curious six-year-old girl in Aberdeen, Scotland, had to be freed by firefighters after she got her arm stuck inside a Coca-Cola vending machine on Sunday.
“We had been to the cinema to see Alice in Wonderland on Sunday and were waiting in a big queue to pay at the car park,” the girl’s mom said after the incident. “My daughter noticed the Coca-Cola machine as it’s bright with big buttons. The next thing I knew she was screaming.
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After determining that the girl’s coat was what had gotten snagged in the machine, firefighters cut the jacket off and she was able to slip free.
The girl’s mother says she’s been trying to get assurances from Coca-Cola that a similar incident won’t happen again.
“My daughter’s arm is like any other child’s arm and I don’t want this to happen to anyone else,” she said. “They have been so unsympathetic, they don’t seem to care.”
Ridiculous. It’s not Coca-Cola’s job to keep a watch over your child. If I stick my hand in a blender and it gets maimed, is it my fault or KitchenAid’s?
Be a better parent and don’t pass the blame.
