Tuesday, December 4, 2012

First Tuesday in December



Tuesday had some scheduling problems.  The elves were perhaps not being utilized at maximum efficiency, so the line was longer than expected.  Or preferred.  Really, if the line is going into the back hallway on a weekday early in December, something is wrong.  Santa said that the vibe with the elves is a little off this year.  There are a lot of new elves, and they just need to continue training.  They should get it before Christmas Eve. 

The JFK event was today.  It’s a charity event where Santa goes out to JFK with Mrs. Clause and two elves (Spritz and Merriment this year), and rides in a plane greeting severely disabled children.

You know what the worst part of working at Santaland is?  Getting up early to be at work on time.  Shortcake does not function well on less than 8 hours of sleep.  And due to schedule constraints out of her control, she usually doesn’t go to bed before midnight.  This leads to only 6 hours of sleep, and it is hard to crawl out of a warm bed on a dark winter morning.  She wouldn’t do it for anyone but Santa.

There is also an afternoon slump around 2:30pm when Shortcake gets tired and loopy.  It’s an interesting hour and a half until the next strawboss comes to relieve her – today it was Genie: 
That's Bell photobombing in the background.

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