For the first 18
months of my child's life I took her to an expensive photographer every
three months to have her photos taken.
In the month of December I agreed to have the same photographer
shoot her Santa photos. It was a nice
arrangement, but the Santa was 30 years old.
He was naturally plump, but wore a fake beard and looked 30 years
old. As much as I liked that
photographer for the first year series, I decided that I would take my daughter
somewhere else for Santa photos the next year.
We happen to go to
the MDB (also known as the Medical Dental Building) for our
dentistry. I live on the Eastside, but
continue to go there since I love our dentist and he pays for my parking at
Pacific Place Mall. While my daughter
and I were walking through Pacific Place Mall in November 2012, I noticed that
Arthur & Associates was setting up the Santa photo area. The guys setting up the booth recommended that we come back the first
part of December, it is best to be there first thing on a Monday morning, and have my
daughter's Santa photos taken.
My quest was easy
when locating the perfect Santa for my daughter. It just so happened that Santa Doug was at
Pacific Place Mall and he was awesome.
That is not to say that the other Santas are not awesome too, but in
using Santa Doug we were very pleased.
He was very relaxed. We had the
option of doing the inaugural crying baby photo, but that is not what I
wanted. My daughter found lap-sitting to
be upsetting. The photographer found a stool, and I sat my daughter on the
stool in front of Santa. Santa Doug leaned
over and placed his arm in the photo as if he had his hand on her
shoulder. It was a great shot!
I have to confess,
while looking at some Santas on the web, I thought some did not look like they
are taking their blood pressure medicine, or were about to move on to the next world. The rosy Saint Nick maybe charming
in nursery rhymes, but he does not look so healthy in my child's Santa
photo. I recommend checking-out this
site. I know that Macy's and other
stores have Santa's too, but since I have already made-up my mind that I am
going back to see Santa Doug I have stopped shopping.
Pasted
from <http://www.santaphotos.com/santas/santa-doug-m/>
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