Jolly St. Nick? you be the judge...

This is the first year Peanut was brave enough to visit with Santa Claus, but this picture tells the real story:

(1) first of all, why is Santa sitting in a blue, Dr. Seuss-looking chair? Already, the visit with Santa seemed a bit odd.

(2) Little Monkey was in Santa's lap for a nanosecond before she FREAKED out. No Santa visits for J for a while.

(3) Santa could not get a word out of Peanut during their entire "visit."

(4) I know Santa is supposed to be round and jolly, but does he seems abnormally large to anyone else?

(5) Yes, Peanut's tongue is sticking out a little, but to her credit she is saying cheese on command.

I'm hoping next year our visit with Santa is a little more magical and a little less (unintentionally) humorous.