Wednesday was filled with special visits. One guy went through elaborate preparations to propose to his lady friend. This involved giving a letter to Santa to give to the lady friend, and Shortcake had to be the go between. Some uncouth people wanted Shortcake to open and read the letter, but she refused because that's an invasion of privacy. And Shortcake was mocked for not being able to describe the man proposing - she's a Watson, not a Sherlock, people.
Shortcake managed a school group that showed up with 70 people, and they all wanted individual photos. The woman in charge was actually very accommodating and nice, but still. 70 people. Individual photos. That's a HUGE logistical problem for Santaland. So Shortcake took it upon herself to make it work. And Santa, Sprout, Trinket and Whimsy were rockstars and got everyone through, fairly painlessly. There was one little boy who did not want to take a photo with Santa. Shortcake tried to coax him, and then Trinket tried. He did not like Trinket. Sprout tried. That didn't work, so we gave up. But, in general, the school group went well.
Shortcake's friends Kalere and Marissa came to visit Santa. It was Marissa's first time visiting Santa EVER.
You may not know this, but Shortcake loves Terrence Mann. He is a performer on Broadway. She has loved him since she heard him as the original Beast in Beauty and the Beast. On Broadway. He was also the original Broadway "Javert" in Les Miserables. He was also the original "Rum Tug Tugger" in Cats. On Broadway. The original "Chauvelin" in The Scarlet Pimpernel. She's watched the movie Critters because he was in it. She watched Mrs. Santa Clause where he played the villain opposite Angela Lansbury. On a Life To Do List Shortcake wrote in college, there is an item "stage manage for Terrence Mann." Shortcake is a fan, okay, people?
Anyway. Since Shortcake has been in New York, she's seen him perform in two Broadway shows. And then Santa goes and says "He was the best part of the JCS revival." Shortcake stopped. "What?" Santa said, "He was in Jesus Christ Superstar. Guess who he was?" And then Shortcake threw her clipboard to the ground, exclaimed "What do you mean HE WAS IN JCS? I WOULD HAVE SEEN IT IF I HAD KNOWN." and threw her headset off and stormed away. Santa about fell over laughing. We should have taken a video. Shortcake came back, immediately, of course, but she enjoyed her brief moment of going rogue.
And the best part of the day... drumroll please... SIRS IAN MCKELLEN AND SIR PATRICK STEWART VISITED SANTA.
Their picture is A-DORABLE.
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