And the award for most adorable christmas card photo goes to… #auspol ht @ALeighMP pic.twitter.com/VsdWN9mw1R — Labor Herald (@LaborHerald) December 1, 2015

Isn’t it just so corny when politicians send out pictures of their perfectly-behaved families on Christmas cards each year?

Well, kudos to Andrew Leigh, a member of the Australian House of Representatives, for giving us a slice of real life, for a change.

His three-year-old son, Zachary, obviously didn’t enjoy having his picture taken, and wasn’t afraid to show it.

Instead of smiling for the camera, he had a little strop instead.


But Leigh made the bold decision to include the picture on the Christmas card he sent out this year.

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He explained to Today.com: ‘We did a photo shoot with the whole family for about 20 minutes.

‘Our three-year-old (Zachary) enjoyed it initially, but then found it rather frustrating that we were all standing still and looking at the cameraman.

‘From his perspective, you can understand it – Why stand still when you can play?’

But family bliss was soon interrupted by a safety hazard.

‘What you don’t see in the picture was that there’s a pond behind us, and Zachary’s next trick was to walk towards it,’ Leigh recounted.

‘That got us moving!’

Andrew Leigh's son throws adorable temper tantrum in Christmas card https://t.co/Gk11N6kcdn via @smh — Lib Creative (@lib_i_am) December 5, 2015

Australian MP's @ALeighMP Christmas Card gets high marks from me for honesty. Joyeux Noel! pic.twitter.com/AK0s5c7c97 — OmbudsmanNB (@OmbudsmanNB) December 4, 2015

Do you still send Xmas cards? And like MP Andrew Leigh, do you keep them real? Send any examples! @BreakfastNews pic.twitter.com/zQM2tttq7V — Michael Rowland (@mjrowland68) December 3, 2015