Yesterday my wife and I took our daughters out to sit on Santa’s lap for pictures. My normally gregarious little angels saw that bearded man in white and clammed up faster than Rick Perry at a fashion show. Something about that rotund, jolly old weirdo set them on edge.

Maybe it is his demonic red and white attire, or his loosely fitted beard, but whatever it was about him, they didn’t like it. My oldest daughter gingerly sat on his lap and looked at me as if we had asked her to do something that went against everything we had ever taught her before, “Go ahead and sit on that stranger’s lap, honey. He’s not creepy and terrifying!”

Then it was my youngest daughter’s turn, and all hell broke loose. She was not one to daintily plop down on this supposedly magical man’s jiggly hips. No, she decided the best course of action in this situation was to scream bloody murder until we relented and took her away. Ten days from now we will be receiving the pictures, and that got me thinking about just what they might look like, so I’ve gathered up some of the best Santa pictures on the net for you to enjoy with me.

There you have it! I hope you enjoyed those as much as I did.