Think your little ones are scared of Santa?  He's scared of them!

It's a story CBS47 first reported the other night.  Santas around the country want doctors to consider them as an at-risk group for H1N1.  The reason?  They're around germ magnets kids all day long, and the fact that many are overweight makes them more likely to suffer severe side effects from the illness.  Now, they're lobbying for priority status to receive the vaccine right away - just like pregnant women and caregivers of infants do.

Til they get their shots, the Santas are asking malls to install hand sanitizer stations near their villages to keep cooties away... and they're asking moms and dads to keep theire sick children away - naughty OR nice!

Here's a great article on the matter in USA Today.

Bad Santa pics courtesy of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show".  Click here to see more great shots.  They're hilarious!