Tuesday had less peoples.

Yup. Today was even slower than yesterday. Shortcake started out on crowd control on headset. She got to spend a good two hours with Teddy Bear. She saw a man walk by wearing a kilt and carrying a Victoria's Secret bag. Au Bon Pain (directly across from Santaland) was playing music today. Some of it was Christmas music and some of it was Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville." So Shortcake sang "Margaritaville." All the way through. Because she knows all the words. She also danced to "Jingle Bell Rock" and "Fields of Barley." Yes, it was that slow. She did meet a family from last year. They didn't recognize Shortcake, but they mentioned an elf named Ralphie, who stays at their house on the mantel, and Shortcake remembered a family from last year (while she was Photo elf) who had a Ralphie. Repeat customers!

Shortcake also spent an hour and a half at the Village Exit where she directed people to the right to view photos or to the left to exit. Turns out "right to view your photos" is difficult to enunciate. There were 2 women who wouldn't come straight to Shortcake to exit; they insisted upon looking in the Boring Room. Hot Chocolate named the area right next to Shortcake the Petulant Alley, or, alternately, the Unimpressed Cavern. He also led them on a Jabberwocky shortcut.

All of the elves get a little stir-crazy when it's slow.

There was one woman who saw Santa and then talked to Shortcake for awhile about how she believes in Santa. She considers Santa the equal of Jesus or God. If she needs something during the year, she will ask Santa for it (similar to praying), and he tends to come through.

During lunch, the elves tried on some princess tiaras. Star models it for the camera.

After lunch Shortcake was sent to Photo. Santa was very hot and tired. It was an ace team in the house: Shortcake, Star and Figgy. It was a model of efficiency. If only there had been enough people to necessitate efficiency. There was one little girl, all dressed up in a beautiful dress, whose face lit up as soon as she saw Santa, and she walked right to him. It was a great visit, and afterward her grandfather fist-bumped Santa. Awesome.

Shortcake is still working on getting babies to smile in photos. They will look at the camera (thanks to her magic bell), but they don't want to smile.