Today, I brought my 6-year-old to the mall to sit on Santa's lap. She told him what she wanted and smiled for the picture. When the lady told her that her turn was over, she began throwing a fit, pulling off Santa's beard in the process. This caused all the kids in line to begin sobbing. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I took my daughter to see Santa at the mall. When I went to pick her up from Santa's lap, my watch snagged on his beard, pulling it off in front of my daughter and about twenty kids in line. My daughter still isn't speaking to me. FML
Today, I took the 6 year old I'm babysitting to the mall to see Santa after weeks of her begging. We got there in time to see him get out of his Prius and dress in the parking lot. FML
Today, I took my kids to the mall to see Santa. While waiting in line, my eldest got bored and loudly complained, "I don't know why we're here. Santa's not even real." I don't think any of the kids within a hundred feet took the news very well. FML
Today, I took my 5-year old daughter to get a photo taken with Santa, when she asked the dreaded question of why this Santa looked different from one at the other store. Before I could placate her, some cunt of a kid yelled, "Because he's not real, dumbass!" FML
Today, I dressed up as Santa Claus for my employees' children. After seeing all the others, my daughter's turn arrived. She sat on my lap, put her lips to my ear, and whispered softly: "I want a new dad." FML
Today, I was working at the mall as Santa, when a little girl took a shit in my lap. FML
Today, my 16 year-old son had a tantrum over me asking him to clean up his room, and decided to tell my 6 year-old daughter that Santa isn't real, and that it was me who bought her presents. My daughter is inconsolable. FML
Today, my daughter ran up to an old man with a white beard and a red sweater because she thought he might be Santa. He was a homeless dude, drunk at 9 in the morning. He told her to either give him money or f**k off, then screamed at her that "Santa’s not real, grow up r*tard." She’s still crying FML
Today, I went to a Christmas-themed amusement park with my 21-year-old autistic sister who adores Christmas. She took her picture with Santa and started crying happy tears. Then Santa asked her loudly, "Aren't you beyond old enough to know I'm not real?" Vacation ruined. FML
Today, my 8-year-old daughter was throwing a tantrum, and I said "Keep this up and I'll tell Santa to take your presents back." She told me I don't even know Santa, at which point I accidentally blurted that I'm "Santa". FML
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ManInTheMachine 20
I would be sobbing too if a kid had enough strength to rip every one of Santa's hairs out of their follicles. Imagine the pain! . . .That IS what happened, right?
DocBastard 40
I never understood the draw of taking your young children to sit on a stranger's lap. In what other situation would this be ok?
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Comments (82)
LightsxOut 10
Sounds like something out of a funny Christmas movie!
perdix 31
I'm sure Santa and the lady elf have had to deal with bratty kids before. How could they be so unprepared as to let a little kid ruin the illusion for everybody else?
sweetcatastroph3 9
cause usually that's the parents job to know how to raise a kid, not the poor old man making minimum wage to deal with bratty children.
LONERANGER44 11
Least you won't have to tell her that Santa isn't real anymore.
mrirish1995 5
I just moderated a comment that might be the santa that your daughter pulled the beard off of. He posted about it.
laurencheese 7
Then..... Control your kid
Sir_Swaggington 6
That kid has no discipline. The other kids in line and their parents should be the ones posting on FML since their Christmas is now ******, not OP. YDI for lack of parenting, no kid older than 2 should be throwing a tantrum and no parent should be online posting some "woe is me" bullshit about it.
redbluegreen 41
What universe are you from?
BigSexy123 11
You, sir, are an asshole with clearly no idea how difficult it is to raise a child. Nobody's going to turn out perfect! Even the best of parents meet speedbumps sometimes. And what's this about no kids older than two having tantrums? Kids have tantrums all the time. It's all a part of life. Stop being such a prick.
sweetcatastroph3 9
nope, he was actually right, until the point he said "older than 2". well, no. but i'd say any child older than 4 throwing a tantrum like that is completely unacceptable. she's 6. if you're capable of turning lights on and off by yourself, use the potty by yourself, turning tvs and computers on by yourself, taking the school bus - and i could keep going - you're smart enough to know that when a grown up tell you it's time to go, it means it's time to go.
vbmg152 19
I've always been afraid of Santa!! I hate when parents force their kids to go see Santa! Hopefully, this is not the case here!
nochopstix 10
I disagree. Kids start school when they are 5, meaning they'd be in grade 1 when they are 6. I don't think it's acceptable for a grade 1 child to still be having tantrums like that, especially in public.
redbluegreen 41
Where I live, the Santas are actually in little prop houses so children and their parent(s) are given a little privacy when they're with Santa. I think it's actually to prevent things like this from happening.
hotPinklipstick 24
Personally I get agitated when people say they let their kids know the 'true' meaning of Christmas. Most people don't actually know the history of Christmas. Christmas hasn't always been a Christian holiday, or even about 'Santa' for that matter.