You know that warm, fuzzy feeling you get thinking about Santa Claus arriving on Christmas Eve? Well, brace yourself, because these scary Santa photos will have you rethinking everything about that jolly visitor.

From Santas who look like they just escaped a Christmas Eve horror movie to ones more likely to cause nightmares than deliver presents, these pictures will give you chills.

Creepy Photos of Scary Santa Clauses

Get ready to laugh, cringe, and maybe lock your chimney before Santa makes his creepy appearance this year!

Even though my kids are growing up, like many parents – I still try to get a yearly photo of the kids with Santa Claus. The modern Santa Claus looks like this.

A jolly old man, who looks friendly. As from these Scary Santa Claus photos you will see this image of St. Nick hasn’t always been the image we imagine.

Enjoy and tell your kids to be thankful that they didn’t have to sit on one of these Santas’ laps.

Don’t miss our Santa memes for more jolly fun!

Krampus the Scary and Weird Santa Claus

If that wasn’t weird enough, years ago I came across these scary Santa photos. I mean, who in their right mind would place a child near these weird Santa Clauses?

crying kid with scary santa claus holding him

Do you know about Krampus? Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure, in Alpine folklore, who during the Christmas season scares children who have misbehaved, assisting Santa. At least Krampus had horns. These Scary Santas are just freaky.

We are really wanting to have an intentional Christmas – keeping Christ as the center of our holiday. That being said, I still love me some Santa and the tradition of a good patron delivering joy.

I don’t know what in the world is going on with this Santa. It’s like his grandkids put glue on his face and covered it with cotton balls. The kid looks happy, so I guess that is a win?

cowboy kid on a diy scary looking santa claus from the 70s

If you don’t look like Santa Claus but are supposed to play the role as one, I guess you could always just buy a Santa mask. (Amazon even sells them and they look much better than this weirdo!)

Hey, at least the baby is smiling so that’s a win. That isn’t always the case.

Screaming Kids

We have had our fair share of screaming kids on Santa’s lap. All year long, we tell our kids “DON’T TALK TO STRANGERS” and then come Christmas, we plop the kids on some old smelly man’s lap.

I would like to say, if I went to the mall and this weird was there – we would not be getting a Santa photo.

Of course, they are going to scream and cry. The germs alone make me freak out. So what’s better than a kid screaming on Santa’s lap? If that Santa is scary as all hell .

Creepy Santa Claus Photos

We’ve rounded up several of our favorite creepy Santa photos for your amusement (and our’s too!)

These are some Santas that are just downright scary. From drunk looking to just freaky, let’s take a few minutes to chuckle at these hilariously scary Santa Clauses. What were these parents thinking?