Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Scared of Santa: Scenes of Terror in Toyland
    Unavailable
    Scared of Santa: Scenes of Terror in Toyland
    Unavailable
    Scared of Santa: Scenes of Terror in Toyland
    Ebook310 pages39 minutes

    Scared of Santa: Scenes of Terror in Toyland

    By Denise Joyce and Nancy Watkins

    3.5/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateNov 22, 2011
    ISBN9780062043597
    Unavailable
    Scared of Santa: Scenes of Terror in Toyland
    Author

    Denise Joyce

    Denise Joyce is a longtime editor for the Chicago Tribune and has the gold watch to prove it. She and her husband have two grown children; their behavior supports the theory that one out of every two children is terrified of Santa—and clowns.

    Related to Scared of Santa

    Related ebooks

    Photography For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      London’s Frost Fairs

      Nov 6, 2020

      London’s Frost Fairs
      2 min read

    • Article

      Santa Gets Kidnapped!

      Dec 5, 2023

      Santa Gets Kidnapped!
      3 min read

    • Article

      Becoming Santa Claus

      Nov 20, 2023

      Becoming Santa Claus
      5 min read

    • Article

      Dawn Neesom Mind Of My Own

      Nov 28, 2023

      We should all take a moment to remember good – and bad – times Marley was dead: to begin with.’ Possibly one of the most famous opening lines from one of the most famous Christmas stories ever- Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. It doesn’t matter

      4 min read

    • Article

      Charlie Brown’s Inside Job

      Dec 24, 2020

      Charlie Brown’s Inside Job
      6 min read

    • Article

      At The Present Time

      Nov 1, 2022

      At The Present Time
      8 min read

    • Article

      Wild At Heart

      Nov 3, 2021

      Wild At Heart
      8 min read

    • Article

      A Lifelong Love Affair

      Jan 2, 2024

      Christmas morning, 1959. A skinny 12-year-old kid, one normally almost impossible to get jump-started in time to get him to school before the tardy bell, bounces out of bed at the crack of dawn and thunders down the hall, like a cutting horse after a

      3 min read

    • Article

      BITS & PIECES

      Oct 3, 2023

      I come from a large Italian family, and we knew how to celebrate Christmas! We would gather at my grandmother's— the entire clan of aunts, uncles, and cousins of all ages. I remember one particular Christmas Eve when I was about 6 or 7 years old. My

      5 min read

    • Article

      Happy Ghosts Of Christmas Past

      Nov 4, 2020

      For me, there’s no sweeter day on the calendar than December 25. I simply love Christmas. My first Christmas column appeared in The Weekly in 1984. By then, we had four children: Reagan, Flynn, Patrick and Courtenay. I wrote: “A parent who has spen

      4 min read

    • Article

      Happy Ghosts Of Christmas Past

      Nov 4, 2020

      For me, there’s no sweeter day on the calendar than December 25. I simply love Christmas. My first Christmas column appeared in The Weekly in 1984. By then, we had four children: Reagan, Flynn, Patrick and Courtenay. I wrote: “A parent who has spent

      4 min read

    • Article

      Dawn Neesom Mind Of My Own

      Oct 31, 2023

      Letting your hair down as we approach Christmas is par for the course. And so, unfortunately, is the ongoing endemic of drink spiking. And anyone, regardless of age or sex, can be a victim. Horrifically, reports of ‘needle spiking’, where victims a

      4 min read

    • Article

      Chrissie Swan

      Nov 30, 2023

      Chrissie Swan
      6 min read

    • Article

      Close to My Heart

      Oct 27, 2020

      Close to My Heart
      6 min read

    • Article

      An Instant Gift

      Oct 5, 2021

      In Kansas City, Mo., at the turn of the 20th century, Francesco and Antonia Vigliaturo arrived in the United States and later had a total of 12 children. Immigrants from Calabria, Italy, they brought something so special to this country and shared it

      2 min read

    • Article

      christmas Q&A ENTERTAINMENT with Melissa Chan-Green

      Dec 21, 2020

      WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY TRADITION? My mum has four tree decorations that are little angels in silk dresses. My three sisters and I picked our favourite when we were little and always put our own angel up on her tree, usually with a battle over

      2 min read

    • Article

      ‘It’s About Owning Your Power!’ How Frozen Changed A Generation Of Girls. And Boys. And Hollywood …

      Nov 16, 2023

      Like millions of parents around the world, Pragya Agarwal has spent countless rainy afternoons watching Frozen. Back in 2013, when Disney first released its animated tale of two spirited princess sisters who definitely don’t need rescuing by any prin

      8 min read

    Reviews for Scared of Santa

    3.5/5

    5 ratings1 review

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      Pictures of children crying on Santa's lap, old and new, submitted by readers to the Chicago Tribune. What's not to like?