Are the X men looking to recruit?

I was looking at pictures to order on shutterfly this week and uploading some. The more I looked at pictures of me that other people have taken the more puzzled I got. I want to know why out of a group of 5 people am I the only one looking like Cyclops from the X men. Not that I look like a man...or at least I hope I don't...but because I have flipping red eye in every shot. Then when you do the red eye removal thing whatever it does gives you a white pupil. It just looks like you're slightly posessed. The weird thing is...it's not every photo just usually ones other people take. I think I have easily irritated eyes...this is why the insert picture is inverted in colour lol.
I took Ben to the mall last weekend to see Santa and have his picture taken (luckily he is not inflicted with the red eye gene). He was unusually well behaved...maybe it's because Santa was there and he was especially scared of being on the naughty list. I keep telling him Santa can see EVERYTHING but I don't think he believes that that is true. I did also tell him you can't bargain with Santa so if you're naughty then you can't tell him you'll make it up to him tomorrow...it doesn't quite work that way. I was tempted to hide his presents this year so when he came downstairs there'd be nothing there and then give them to him after the shock had submerged but I thought that was really cruel and he's 4 so he'd probably hold it against me forever and I don't think he'd see the funny side of it.
After he got his picture with Santa (I believe they should take more than 2 for you to choose from...in one of his he looks like Santa is really squidging him) he got his 'gift' from Santa (the one you get with 6 photos and pay $20 for). Now is it just me or does anyone else remember getting better gifts from Mall Santas? Fair enough this years was better than the two previous years when he got a 4 page colouring book. This year he got two quite big sheets of dress up Santa stickers. However I remember when I was younger (and now I appreciate how much my parents paid for those photos) getting a toy. It wasn't a big toy and was usually a kind of crappy game but it was a toy and came wrapped. To me, although it's not a toy of value it was still exciting to get an actual 'gift' that you could open. Admittedly I do see the advantage of not getting more crap for Ben to clutter the house with but still...it just didn't seem quite as exciting. Also before I end...I think Mall Santa's should wear proper Santa suits...last year he wore a really awful teddy bear shirt...just wasn't the same.