Visit with Santa

Here we are to see MR SANTA himself. At home Parker has been calling him left & right. He'll say Ho HO with the inflection on the last O of the second Ho. You could ask Parker any time of day who's coming to see you & he'd say Ho HO. The big day has arrived & here are the photos of what happened when he finally met Santa!
Mommy trying to prep him for what's to come
Parkers thoughts "um, i'll sit here but you'd better make it quick Ho Ho!"

Alright, enough is enough already. Poor thing was scared to death. Parker is 15 months old here & it's known that they do have a touch of stranger anxiety during this stage. It just made me question why do we torture our kids by taking them to see a strange bearded over weight weirdly dressed man & put them in his lap??