Generally we counsel our Santa Experience parents to make themselves invisible. While we certainly want them to enjoy watching their children interact with Santa Claus we ask them to sit quietly and not interact with them, asking them to smile or sit up straight, etc. Our priority it to create stunning images of their children. You see, anyone can line kids up next to Santa or set them on his knee, having everybody look into the camera and say, “Cheese.” But that is not what we do with our Storybook Santa Experience. Our goal is to create a story about children visiting Santa as if we were not there. To accomplish that goal all of the interaction must be between Santa and his young guests, not between the guests and their parents. Having said all of that, there are occasions where Moms can be a big help. We had a grandmother reserve a session for her daughter and the daughter’s one year old son. The grandmother expressed to me that she was worried about how the child would react to Santa. I suggested that she consider having her daughter dress up for the occasion and be part of the story. That way her grandson would be relaxed, having his mother with him. She did just that and her daughter participated in the session wearing a traditional modest night gown. We had no trouble with her young son being afraid of Santa with his mother beside him. The results were wonderful and everyone was thrilled with the results. Involving mom has become a tool in creating a Storybook Santa Experience with a single young child you think might otherwise be afraid of the big bearded man in red.

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