My thought on photography are varied, calling it a lot art, complaining about selfies (and their sticks) but one thing that always sucks about being a photographer is you never get in your own pictures.

Yes, you can set a timer and run (and pray that you get in position), let someone else take the picture (and look at it later and see how bad a shot it was), Photoshop yourself into family pictures (and fight with making it look decent).

But now thanks to my Santa I have the power to take the photo when I want with a nice camera remote. Now I can be in the exact position I want and just need to hide the remote.

Also as a bonus got a flexible small tripod.