Mom insists that daughters, 18 and 23, still pose with Santa

She won’t let them have their Christmas presents until they do. "Now, it’s like bribery," says the mother, Merry Swan. "This is how I feel -- you have to do this until you get married." (Baton Rouge Advocate)

Comments

[G-Man]

Ho! Ho! Ho! Come here girls and sit on Santa's lap. Santa needs a Christmas gift too you know. Ho! Ho! Ho!

Jim - Take the rest of the day off, you have my permission.

Happy Holidays!

They'll appreceiate it later....

Merry Christmas

[Sheila]

That's a Santa-looking Santa.

[The Asshole Guy]

Santa doesn't seem to mind but this woman is batshit crazy. I'd tell my mom to keep her damn gift but then again. My mom is not batshit crazy.

Oh, and Happy (fill in the blank) to you.

TAG

[Dellos]

Being hip, if I was the husband of one theses women I would still like her to get her picture taken, As it looks cool tradition. It would be fun to see her with a belly as big as Santa's .

[mumto3boyz]

mom has issues!! :::nod:::

[John]

Those girls can sit on my lap anytime. Both quite hot!!

[Jim Romenesko]

Thanks, G-Man. Once I get on my plane, the holiday begins. But since it's snowing at the Milwaukee airport, that may be a while.

[buddy]

Jim is 'obscure'.

[Santa]

Ho ho ho. That was the highlight of my day.

[Cluckie]

Sounds like mom needs to find a new tradition.

Thanks for the gift you give us all year long, Jim...much appreciated and enjoyed :o)

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

[kevy]

Merry Christmas! Happy 2009!

[SFL]

"Ho ho ho, young ladies! Hop right up and have a seat on Santa's face...LAP, lap of course. Ho ho ho!. And have you been good girls this year? You'd better or Santa won't have any breasts...PRESENTS, Santa won't have any presents for you, only a lump in his pants...COAL, Santa have a lump of coal to put in you...STOCKINGS, to put in your stockings. Ho ho ho!, anybody hot in here besides Santa?"

("Why Santa, is that a candy cane in your pants or are you happy to see us?")

[Moose]

Merry Christmas Jim!

[Tammy]

18 and 23? That's nothing... my siblings and I (40, 37 and 28) have never (been able to) miss a year yet.

[creatrix]

A couple friends and I posed with Santa one year in college. In the pic, his hand was on one friend's thigh and perilously close to my breast. :-/

New twist on the lap dance, I guess...

OMG - what if one of them doesn't marry? I'm 39 and single. I would have told mom to shove it years ago. No way in hell.

[Soo]

My mom was convinced every guy was a pervert and we were never allowed near Santa. She's on the opposite end of the 'batshiat crazy' spectrum.

Happy Happy Joy Joy to one and all!

[A.V.]

It ain't just the reindeer that are horny.

[Charles Brobst]

Santa needs to be alone now.

[Joe (the first one)]

I wouldn't have minded playing Santa Claus if this had been the case. And as I was worried about my neighbor's crotch-seeking kid who has managed on no less than 2 dozen times to manage to get me, I was quite happy to find that the stomach padding makes sure that children are pushed forward far enough that they're sitting on your knees, and not any private parts -- although, most parents opted or the standing next to Santa picture.

[Bluntfacts]

I like this story. Even while the country goes broke and people throw sandwiches at their mates, the USA does still produce some fetchingly attractive women.

[Chester S. Claus]

"I've gots your package right-chere, dear. Just a little to the left, please... HO HO HO, hoOOoOoOooooo.....

I bet that store will have double the usual Santa applicants next year...

=^D

When women get lonely they try to find someone/thing to humiliate. I bet she's got a poodle that she dresses up in sweaters when her daughers aren't available.

[Mormon Marvin]

How terrible! I know, I'll save them from this hardship and marry them both!

[ReginaFilangee]

I, for one, am really glad that Santa put his name on his belt buckle. We might not recognize him otherwise.

Merry Christmas, everyone! Please have a safe and happy holiday.

[Charles Brobst]

Kids, just do it to please your Mother.
She won't be with you forever.
Mine died in 1998 and if she had asked me to sit on Santa's lap or do something else goofy I would have because I loved her.

[Soo]

Charles: I know what you mean, how doing stuff to make others happy is a joy all on its own. If you can turn the situation into something about which you can gently tease or joke later on, then your spirit is already in its happy place.

Besides, who cares if you look stupid? Life is for living, and the more fun you can have living life, the better off you'll be.

Warm wishes to you and to everyone this Yule season.

[nottheradio]

I don't think that's crazy at all. If there's ever a time of year for silly but sentimental traditions, it's now.

[troschne]

Charles and Soo--thanks for putting things into perspective for me. I lost my mom in 2004, and miss her every day I still draw breath. I would sit buck naked on Santa's lap, in the middle of the mall, if she could still be here.

My initial reaction to this story was that the woman was bat-shit crazy, but seriously--what's the harm? The girls can do their shopping, and when the pager goes off, they can high-tail it back, spend five minutes getting the picture, and make their mother happy. Belated Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah/Happy Kwanza to all of my OS&RR compadres!

[Rock Marine]

I am old...old enough to have seen very good looking women end up looking like their mothers. If these two manage to avoid looking like mom, they'll be lucky.

[outofsalt]

I wonder what the reaction would've been if one (or both) of the children being pressured into sitting with Santa were male.

Though I've got to say, if it could bring my Momma back, I'd do it in a NY second.