When the boys were little, I would take them to see Santa during the day. There was never much of a line and not a long wait. A few years ago, Dear Hubby was home and we all went together. From that year on, we would make the trek on the weekend.
Last year, I will say that it was truly magically. We got there about a half an hour before the big guy was due to arrived. When Santa arrived, he came to the balcony of where we were waiting. He then serenaded us with Christmas Carols and then had the kids join him in singing Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. The looks on the kids faces was priceless. He not only looked the part, but acted it!
This year, we made the same trek. Unfortunately, the line was much longer by the time we arrived. We jumped on line and waited. Santa arrived. It was a new Santa. I would like to think that last years Santa is working with the Rockets this year as he was that good. This Santa (yes, I know there is only one) still looked the part, but he didn't seem as jolly. He smiled and waved, but didn't really interact with the kids. There was no magically sing along which disappointing for me, but the kids didn't seem to mind. Then we waited and waited and waited. Almost two hours we waited.
Why it took so long?
- The elves were not moving the line smoothly.
- They only had one computer to take the pictures, show the pictures, and then print the pictures.
- People were acting like they were at a professional photographer for family portraits! These pictures only cost $24 people. If you want a professional Christmas portrait, get a professional photographer!!!!!!! You get what you get! Case in point:
- People bringing their own cameras (yes, I had my cell phone camera, but not for this) and then using it like their child was the only one in the mall. Finally, they cracked down on that when it appears the head elf got there.
Here is a perfect example of a trip to Santa Picture. I love this one!
Now, it may seem like I am dissing the tradition of waiting in line for seeing Santa. I am not and we will more than likely do it again next year:) It is part of the tradition of Christmas so perfectly shown in one of my favorite Christmas movies, "A Christmas Story." I will say though that I did feel bad for the kids (all of them, not just mine). When we got there, they were all so excited and it just escalated when the Big Guy arrived. But by the end, they looked like this:
Then they got to the Big Guy and looked like this:
All's well that ends well:)
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Wow, 24$ seems like a lot : )
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