40 Photos Of Kids Who Are Losing Their Freaking Minds On Santa’s Lap

More like not-so-happy holidays.

Taking photos with jolly old St. Nick is sometimes anything but jolly.

As parents take their sons and daughters to pose with the man in red in hopes of taking home a picture-perfect souvenir, some kids have other plans ― like screaming, running away and just being plain bored with the big guy.

Here are 40 pics of kids who are really over this whole Santa thing:

1
Jennifer Testerman
2
Jenessa Shedden
3
Weonhee Anne Shin/Jeff Roffman Photography
4
Gilberte Lal
5
Mara Peacock
6
Dakota Caldwell
7
Jenn Marley
8
Erin Kathleen
9
Danielle Miller/Melissa Marie Price
10
Ashley Gooch Frankenberg
11
Margaret Albrecht
12
Kashmir Owens
13
Kelly Boeke Walters
14
Sophie Jay
15
Katie Crawford Stegall/Jeff Roffman Photography
16
Kelli Boyer
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Patricia Mendelsohn Ryan/Jeff Roffman Photography
18
Tracy Jones Samek
19
Jennifer Neal
20
Luree El-Beshti
21
Jenna Swann
22
Lindsay Bayani Capili
23
Brittany Pembridge
24
Jessica Slusser
25
Monica Jacklin
26
Laura Flynn
27
Jen Vidal Rosero
28
Shaton Wheeler
29
Natalie Heldt Hedde
30
Charmaine Flansbaum
31
Emily Held
32
Rose Hacker
33
Shannon Porter
34
Camille Davenport
35
Mandy Manley Deckard
36
Marguerite Martin
37
Beth Kelleher Orsetti
38
Elizabeth Kearns Daniels
39
Mitzie Ridenour Milliner
40
Heather Cox

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