Thursday, December 26, 2013

In Praise of Elves

It may be called Santaland, but elves make it run.  We cannot function without good elves.  A good elf makes your life better, and your job easy, and everything goes smoothly.  An elf that could use some constructive criticism slows everything down and ruins your life.  There's a part of Shortcake's job where she relies heavily upon the elves.  It's like playing Tetris.  Except that Shortcake isn't the one playing Tetris (which, by the way, she's quite good at).  Shortcake is telling the elves how to play Tetris.  And some of them get it, and know exactly how to position the pieces.  And some of them don't, and she's left saying "No, put the long piece over there.  Over there!"  Sigh.  "No, it's fine.  We can live with that.  No, turn the zigzag piece.  Turn it!  NOW!  Oh, there it went.  Okay, fine.  We'll fix it later."  It's mildly frustrating.  And all Shortcake can do it position the elves as best as possible, and hope they figure it out.

We had a bumper crop of new elves this year - definitely the best year since Shortcake started.  And so, Shortcake presents to you a photo gallery of lovely elves.

Let's start with Waffles.


 

Waffles and Shortcake were still working out how to do a proper elfie.

 Teddy Bear, Gingerbread and Squeak with Santa.


 A Sprout and Shortcake elfie.

 The Gruesome Twosome with Shortcake (Sprinkles & Spritz)
(Seriously, Santaland cannot run without these two.)

 Shortcake & Squeak (still working on the elfie technique)

Clearly, Shortcake has not mastered the elfie, as she and Pip are quite fuzzy.

Trinket, Pip and Sprout with Santa

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