A Wish Come True

For whatever reason (my upbringing, the spirit of Scrooge, general contrariness), I have always been opposed to shopping centre photos of children on fake Santa laps.

But....

Little Im has been nursing a burning desire for this experience. Not the confiding in Santa ("he's not the real Santa of course!") but a photographic memory of it!

So here it is!

She was absolutely delighted, her brother (who had imbibed the family ethos more successfully) was appalled at the wanton waste of money.