The Most Happy Elf

Every year, all over the world, millions of kids wait with millions of parents in hundreds of thousands of lines for their chance to have their picture taken while losing their sh*t on the lap of some guy who is trying his best to make a few bucks at the holidays being dressed as Santa Claus, Papa Noel, St. Nick, L'Elf Grande, and/or "Doug, Santa's Half-Brother With a Drankin' Issue."

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We had our go yesterday with Graham!, takin' him to the local mall for his shot at getting his first pic with Santa Claus.

He slept an hour in line before we got there. The 2 families in front of us each had a kid in their group melt-down, one of them refusing to get anywhere near the Jolly One. Graham was limp with excitement. OUT.

And as I get up to our turn, they say he'll just get a pic where Santa holds him in a cradled position and it will be really cute.

Then his eyes pop open, he looks at me, then his mom, looks around, yawns...
We hand him to Santa...

and got THIS

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

My canner's not hooked up, THAT's why...