Saturday Special Event

Saturday is supposed to be Shortcake's day off. Well. Instead, it was the first of seven in a row up to Christmas. And it was the day after the epic Elf Holiday Party thrown by Bobble and Merriment. Shortcake participated in a dance party and ate a pint of Ben & Jerry's ice cream at said party. Needless to say, Shortcake was glad she went to work at noon and not 7:30am like the other elves. And, of course, it was the last Saturday before Christmas, so the line was in women's coats practically all day.

Anyway, Shortcake went to the New York Police Dept. Manhattan South Task Force's holiday party with Santa. There was a mix-up on where his car was picking him up - 35th street vs. 34th street, but the car was found and Shortcake and Santa drove through Manhattan in a police van. Like the superstars they are.

Santa handed out gifts to the kids while Shortcake handed out giftbags. Santa took a lot of photos, including one with an officer from the K-9 unit. Shortcake felt bad for the magician who was performing when Santa arrived. With Santa in the room, it was quite a distraction for the kids watching the magic show, but the magician didn't seem to mind too much.

As a thank you, Shortcake and Santa received an NYPD PBA (policeman's benevolent association) card. It's basically a "get out of a ticket" card. It's kinda awesome to have, although, since Shortcake is good all year round, she won't be needing it. Hopefully.

After the event, Shortcake and Santa headed back to Macy's. Shortcake volunteered to help out on the line since she had 2 1/2 hours before she needed to go to the Yule Ball. She ended up at the Switch, urging people to fill in the empty spaces, cover up the ugly grey cement floor (really, they could have at least painted the floor red or green), and generally tried to keep spirits up. Of course, but this point in time Shortcake's voice was shot, and she was running low on cough drops. After two hours she was sprung free, and headed to the Yule Ball where she caught Draco & the Malfoys and Harry & the Potters singing songs about Christmas. There was a bubble machine. It was awesome.