Santa Clause is Coming to Town

This is what you get when you take the girls to see Santa at the mall:

To get Lydia to quit screeching as she tried desperately to claw Santa's hands off of her, the photographer was smart enough to use a squeaking duck to distract her.  She's not smiling, but neither is she screaming.

Mission: accomplished.

THIS is what you get when you try to take the girls to eat breakfast with Santa at the church:

Clearly there was no squeaky toy involved. 

Mission: Failed.