Friday, November 26, 2010

Black Friday

Today was the day after Thanksgiving. Shortcake picked up an extra shift today because she wanted to help Santa out on what is supposed to be a very busy day.

And then there were no people. Okay, there were people. Santa saw people. But there was not an excessive line. It was thoroughly manageable, and, really, never got longer than 30 minutes. On Black Friday! WHERE WERE THE PEOPLE?

Shortcake started as Photo Elf, getting used to it again after a year away. She made some rookie mistakes (not saving the photo which resulted in a reshoot, etc), but she did manage to make a boy smile at the camera by handing him a train. Trains do wonders. After Photo, she moved into Ushering and ran into a lot of trees. Walking backward is more difficult than you think. She can, however, skip backwards. She helped stage a few photos for the Photo elf. The Photo elf was new and didn't quite know how to arrange 12 people. After lunch she was sent to the front line where the line was never longer than 20-30 minutes. Really. So short. Justin Time the conductor was there as well, making sure everyone had a ticket to the Santaland Express. For the last 30 minutes of the day, Shortcake worked the Welcome Kiosk, wherein she welcomed them to the North Pole and asked them not to feed the penguins. Seriously. Anything other than raw fish gives the penguins stomach problems, and raw fish are smelly. Santa has a special feeding schedule and a fridge in which to keep the fish.

Also, new outfits.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Penguins? At the North Pole? Did they get lost or what? Penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere.

Katrina Herrmann said...

The penguins came to visit Santa and never really left. Maybe the skiing is better at the North Pole?