Kids love Santa

[The Retard]

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[The Retard]

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[gmork]

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Is that Rabbi Claus?

[gmork]

Oh, and going this way (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/photos/chi-051207santascare-photogallery,1,592570.photogallery?ctrack=1&cset=true) doesn't require registration.

(I hate registering at news sites, so I always look for workarounds.)

[gmork]

Frankly, this one scares me, too...

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[Jaybird]

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Oh Lord, that little girl's face is priceless.

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That has to be the scariest Santa ever. He looks like Albert de Salvo-Claus.

[Farkas]

In Flanders we have a different Santa named Sinterklaas.

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I remember one time, when I was sixteen, that my mother and I went to the supermarket around the end of November. During that time, Sinterklaas visits the supermarket and kids stand in line to sit on his lap and say what they want as presents.

There was a small girl there (she must have been four or something) and her mother was distracted by something. I went up to the little girl and said that she had to say "I feel something hard, mommy!" really loud when she sits on Sinterklaas' lap. I said to her that Sinterklaas will give her an extra gift in return.

Well, she sat on his lap later on and said what I just told her to say. The faces of all the parents waiting in line were priceless. :lmao:

I really was a sneaky little bastard at that age :D