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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 394.26630222
EAN: 9780061490996
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0061490997
Label: Harper Paperbacks
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Release Date: October 14, 2008
Studio: Harper Paperbacks

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:

He's huge and hairy and hulking.
He dresses in strange furry clothing.
He sneaks into people's homes at night.
Who wouldn't be afraid of . . . Santa Claus?!?

Nothing says Christmas quite like innocent children shrieking with terror as a stranger dressed in red drags them kicking and screaming onto his lap. Now this time-honored rite of passage is celebrated with a hilarious collection of more than two hundred and fifty priceless photos of kids' traumatic trips to Santa's workshop. Scared of Santa offers a cornucopia of photographic funnies—from sixty-year-old family heirlooms to last year's howlers—along with delightful commentary on those unforgettable childhood visits to scary ol' Saint Nick.






Rating: - great book but NOT made well
This is a great book ... but it is NOT made well at all. We have read it ONCE and it is already falling apart!!!!!!

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Rating: - A Perfect Christmas Coffee Table Book!
Hilarious book! My son is on page 18, but I would have bought it no matter what! It's a great stocking stuffer, and makes a great coffee table book for the holidays. Nothing says Christmas like pure terror on a child's face!

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Rating: - Hilarious!
As if the pictures alone weren't enough, the accompanying captions make this book absolutely hilarious. Definitely worth ten bucks. I brought my copy in to work (left it in the lunch room) and everyone (even my Jewish co-workers) got a laugh out of it!

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Rating: - Disgusting
This book is child pornography. I worked one season as a mall Santa and will never do it again. I thought a trip to see Santa should always be fun, However, I found that 5-10% of the business was taking pictures with children who were afraid of me.

I was absolutely disgusted by all the cruel, thoughtless parents who would inflict emotional distress on a child and buy a picture for a souvenier. Not only is it cruel to children to be forced to sit on the lap of a stranger they are afraid ... Read More

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Rating: - The universal family experience, with or without Santa
To the reviewer(s) who scold the authors for snickering at children's fear, I think you're missing the essence of this book. It's not making fun of children or their fears. It's making fun of the ridiculous ritual itself, and the adults who insist on it despite this all-too-common result.

Even those of us (like me) who wouldn't dream of plopping our kids on a Mall Santa's lap can relate to the universal parental experience: real life isn't like a Christmas card. The best-laid plans of ... Read More

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