Shortcake failed. She had volunteered to work the Autism Speaks event (wherein families with autistic kids see Santa before the store opens, so it's a much less threatening environment), and then forgot it was Sunday. FAIL.
So she worked crowd control from the store opening. It was quite a rush at the beginning of the day because people thought the store opened at 9am, instead of 10am. There was a horde of people waiting for the doors to Macy's to open. And they all rushed up to the 8th floor to see Santa. Within 15 minutes, there was a line into Parade hallway (about a 45 min. wait). But the line kept moving because Santaland was a model of efficiency. Shortcake just kept asking people to fill in a corner and dump their coffees and everyone was quite pleasant and understanding. She got to hang with Teddy Bear whom she hadn't seen in about a year. By 11:30am, the line was back down to the normal 15-20 minutes.
After the morning rush, Shortcake was sent to Usher, where she got to witness a Special Santa visit. Some twins. One set of triplets. The usual. After lunch she was sent to the Maze at the Town Hall position, which was a surprise. Shortcake hasn't been in the Maze in over a year. Okay. The Welcome Kiosk yesterday doesn't count. Basically the Town Hall helps direct traffic after people take their family photo with Christmas trees. There's a big banner that says "28 Days to Christmas" which, of course, was wrong. It was 27 days. Mostly Shortcake just stood there and said "Trains on your right; bears on your left, and straight ahead to see Santa. Say hi to Snowball as you pass." (Snowball was the next elf they would see.) Then Shortcake was allowed to leave early because there were too many elves. There just weren't enough peoples for all of us. So Shortcake ran an errand, called her parents, and went to see Tangled. Which is decent. Sometimes, you just need a Disney Princess movie to make you happy.
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