To Santa or Not to Santa

I guess I'm a terrible mother. I haven't taken my little one to see Santa yet. I keep meaning to take her to the Atlanta Botanical Garden to see Santa, but we just haven't made it yet. Then I thought about taking her to a mall to see one of those Santas, but I know the lines are usually pretty terrible and I just can't deal with the screaming kids. But in the back of my mind is that little voice saying, "maybe you should just wait until next year..." Is that unspeakably horrible? I probably should just take her. Maybe this is just my psyche kicking in and taking me back to my early childhood when Santa brought me to tears. But I should give her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe she will better understand and intuit the inherent awesomeness of Santa. And if not, the Santa photos with the crying baby are oddly charming.