Ho ho HOEZ...

I admit it. I was one "those" kids who absolutely hated going to see Santa Claus. I kicked. I bit. I cried. I couldn't understand why my mother would even want to subject me to that kind of torture every single year. The only decent shot my parents ever got of me and Santa happened in my 7th year of life, but even in that picture, I look pissed and ready to spew chunks.

Here's a gallery of photos collected by the Chicago Tribune, sun-sentinel.com, and SouthFlorida.com over the years of children who enjoyed visiting Santa every year just as much as I did.

Now I just hope my mother never finds this website.