Seeing Santa

In early November Jake went to the mall with me on an errand and saw this amazing Santa set up they had going. He fell in love with the idea of seeing Santa there. Annoyingly to me, they "recommended" reservations (which actually would be great), but you had to pay $25 for a reservation (that's the annoying part). The money would go towards a photo package, they soothed. I decided to go ahead and pay for the reservation, since waiting in a long line didn't appeal to me, and Jake really had his heart set on this place.

Well, we got to the end and they printed off about five sheets of photos and told me that yes, my reservation fee went TOWARD a photo package, but the cheapest one was another $25. I was annoyed because I didn't want to pay even more, and come on- they'd already printed them! They would just have to throw them away if I didn't take them! But I declined and walked away with Jake. 

You couldn't take your own photos there with Santa, but I figured we could at least take a couple at the entrance. When we turned around, the photo lady was there with a pack of our photos. "Here, you forgot these," she said with a wink. Jake and I thought her generosity was so touching. Our own little Christmas angel!