The Funniest Santa Photo Fails Ever!

It’s the picture you hope will last a lifetime, but what happens when it all goes horribly wrong…

Getting a photo with Santa is a memory most parents hope they will treasure long after their children are grown up. The combination of children, cameras, crowds and a strange man dressed in a red suit isn’t always a winner though. Here are some of our favourite Santa photo fails that we’re sure will end up hidden in the family album.

One Out Of Three Ain’t Bad

This family should just be happy at least one of their children got the memo that Christmas is meant to be a happy time of the year…

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Santa Is So Done

This Santa is so over screaming children sitting on his knee that he doesn’t even try to smile for the camera. It must have been a long day…

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Making A Run For It

This kid has had enough of the whole photo taking process and decided to make a run for it instead. His brother’s face really does say it all…

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The Ultimate Revenge

This little girl got the ultimate revenge on her parents by selecting a rather inappropriate gesture for her photo. At least her twin sister thinks it’s funny?

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A Few More Fails To Give You The Giggles

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52 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 08 Jan 2023
    3:25 pm
I never forced my kids to go talk to santa. it was always their choice.

- - Ellen said
  - 30 Dec 2019
    9:04 am
Just read this story about not forcing your kids to sit with Santa and here we go ! they’re funny though

- - mom140193 said
  - 08 Dec 2019
    2:37 am
Classic!! I’m not a fan of posed photos ever. I get why people do it for Xmas and memories – but I think the so called ‘failures’ are actually the best! Shows kids personalities and will definitely be more memorable than any standard Santa photo.

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 05 Dec 2019
    4:55 pm
how funny!!

- - ThisIsMe said
  - 03 Dec 2019
    3:19 pm
Haha these are great!

- - ella12 said
  - 02 Dec 2019
    4:04 pm
Thank you for the giggles, my gosh they’re funny.

- - rovermum said
  - 02 Dec 2019
    9:52 am
I do have a Santa photo of my son mid-air as he’s trying to get off Santa’s lap.

- - BellaB said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    7:02 pm
We’ve a photo in which one son is just a blur as he dashed away!

- - DaffyD said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    6:09 pm
My daughter cried the first time and my son looked at him like he had seen a ghost

- - tessie said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    2:31 pm
I still have a photo of my baby brother with Santa. My best friend and I took him to have a photo taken but he just kept screaming. In the end I stood next to Santa and my friend Edna sat on the edge of the dais holding my brother. We forgot he had a pacifier but just as the photo was taken he put his hand over his mouth. It was a good cover up but my bro hates it.

- - mom60462 said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    10:28 am
Im happy to see my kids werent the only ones to cry on Santas knee

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    10:12 am
Lol these are hilarious! I thought some of mine were bad!

- - mom207052 said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    8:38 am
I love these! They make for hilarious photos and memories!

- - shanika said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    7:58 am
Some great memories.They all look beautiful.Lucky my kids not scared to santa.

- - mom343701 said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    5:32 am
yeah kids dont really like it….

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    12:55 am
I haven’t got any bad ones, but I have a super cute one with my then two year old sucking her thumb

- - MisChip said
  - 30 Nov 2019
    12:52 am
I think it is just awful that kids are forced to have photos with Santa.

- - SPerry37 said
  - 29 Nov 2019
    10:26 pm
If my kids were that upset I didn’t push them but me and my sisters get all the kids done together so if my youngest is scared usually one of the cousins holds her

- - mom101628 said
  - 29 Nov 2019
    10:17 pm
I let my kids decide if they wanted a photo for granma with Santa – they usually did do it.

- - mom330666 said
  - 29 Nov 2019
    9:59 pm
My son is 3yo and we have only one non crying photo of him and santa…when he was 3months old….we will see this year..