'Tis the season to be jolly. Unless, of course, you're sat on your own in your dingy flat this Xmas watching Ant And Dec's Festive Deadbrain Plebathon on ITV 7.

If you are doing that, we imagine that the look of unbridled horror on your face would closely resemble the poor young mites in this seasonal web gallery. Scared Of Santa is a collection of pictures of children meeting up with their favourite beardy present-giver. And being absolutely scared witless by the man.

Of course, if hecklerspray had any sort of compassion whatsoever, we'd suggest that these snapshots will tug at your heartstrings and make you want to reach inside the computer to give the terrified kids a big reassuring cuddle. As things stand, we'll just settle for sitting here with a mug-glass of whiskey screaming the words "serves you right for being so fucking noisy in the cinema, you little shits" instead.

Mind you – the paper-mache Santa on page five will be giving us nightmares for weeks.

Scared Of Santa