Posted AT 10:33 AM EDT on 16/12/06
Santaphobia
Cuan Schoffield wants nothing to do with Santa Claus.Sure, the guy drives a magic sled. And, yes, he does deliver toys. But the seven-year-old's first experience of the man in red at his daycare in Vancouver wasn't exactly jolly.
"The children all simultaneously burst into tears and started screaming en masse," says his mother, Anakana. "Santa basically had to be aborted before he even got to a 'ho, ho, ho.
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