Fruit and Cheese Day!

Look at all the fruit!  And a little bit of cheese.  Santa's wife made cookies to complement the fruit. Santa went to tape The View (aired on 12/14/12), and they let him bring all the fruit from the green room back to Santaland, so there was even MORE bounty later in the day.

Santa had a dog visit him first thing in the morning.  Again, dogs are not allowed in Santaland, but this was a VIP visit.  A manager was with Santa the whole time, and the dog was not allowed to sit on or next to Santa.

Shortcake was a bit busier than usual.  Someone was sick, so Shortcake had to switch the schedule around to make everything work.  And Good-Lookin' Santa had 5 school groups all in a row.  This was great for Santa.  This was not great for the Village. It tied up the Village for a half hour while the line just grew longer and longer.  Once the school groups were through, we were able to get the line back down and out of Parade hallway. 

Santaland was cold. Again.  You would think Shortcake would just wear more layers, and she tried, she really did.  She was wearing two long sleeve layers.  But she still had to cuddle up to the space heaters in the managers' office and next to Spatula.

Speaking of the managers office:

None of those elves are managers.  And when Shortcake sits in the managers' chair, she gets kicked out quite quickly.  Harumph.