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December 01, 2008
Scared of Santa. Again.
As you may recall, the girl had no fondness for a certain jolly old elf last year, so we've been working the past few weeks on making a trip to Santa sound fun. Little by little she started to warm up to the idea. She does a great "ho, ho, ho!" She tells us about how kids like Santa. She's been talking about how Pips the cat liked Santa (there's a picture of her and Santa on our fridge). But whenever we mentioned seeing him her voice would get all high and she would plead "no see Santa!" Until a few days ago, then she started talking about how she wanted to see him. When asked what she would say when she met him, she told us in a sing-song voice "Happy Birthday, Santa Claus." She was still saying it this morning and even insisted on wearing her Santa hat. But the story changed as soon as she got a look at him, her eyes were filled with absolute terror. We gave her some time to calm down, but she still refused to go within 15 feet of him. There's still plenty of time left in the month, but I'm beginning to think this is as close as we're going to get to a picture of Audrey and Santa this year.
Posted by Thrillmer! at December 1, 2008 11:51 PM
Comments
aw. that first picture is just so rich with emotion. she is just so unamused.
have you seen this gallery?
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/holiday/sfl-scaredofsanta-ugc,0,7181908.ugcphotogallery
Posted by: katie at December 2, 2008 08:47 PM
audrey fits right in with these kids. i don't blame any of them for being freaked out. i wouldn't want to sit on santa's lap either.
Posted by: mama at December 3, 2008 11:58 PM
Audrey is such a crack up! I love the adventures.
Posted by: Tracy at December 8, 2008 10:15 PM