Closing Monday

Shortcake only closes three times this entire season.  Usually, she opens.  "Opening" means she's there when Santaland opens at 9am.  Or 8am.  Or 7am.  "Closing" means she's there when Santaland closes.  She's done it two Mondays, and she'll do it on Christmas Eve.  Yesterday was the last Monday.  It was a fairly chill night.  Shortcake spent some time playing her ukulele.

Gingersnap finished the Artoo Detoo hat and mittens she made.

There was one woman who was very unhappy.  She said some people cut in front of her in line, and she had waited in front of the house to see Shortcake before she saw Santa.  So Shortcake talked to her, tried to understand the problem, then suggested the woman visit Santa with her four year old boy, since they were the next in line.  Meanwhile, Shortcake went to get a number for the woman to call to lodge a complaint.  After Shortcake came back with a post-it, the woman was waiting, and yelled at Shortcake again.  Shortcake tried to understand where the problem happened, but the woman wasn't making much sense, and the poor little boy was just embarrassed.  He asked her to stop.  Shortcake asked him if he got to see Santa, and he told her he wanted Batman, and he gave Shortcake a high 5.  Shortcake sent him and the woman on their way.  Later, she heard one of the managers talk about a woman who complained that she was discriminated against in line because she was Hispanic, that 7 people cut in front of her, and Shortcake was appalled to find out it was the same woman!  She just wanted a free photo and thought if she complained loudly enough, Macy's would give her one.  The saddest thing was that the boy had to witness it. 

At the end of the night Gingersnap and Shortcake cleaned Santa's room - this is Shortcake vacuuming with the dustbuster.